''Man at Sea'' ( el, Άνθρωπος στη Θάλασσα, translit. Anthropos sti thalassa) is a 2011 Greek

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by Constantine Giannaris.

Plot

Alex, the captain of a Greek

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, is still dealing with the death of his son four years ago."Man at Sea - Review." ''Movies Ltd.'' 27 February, 2013.
/ref> While his ship the "Sea Voyager" is in the

Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the ...

, Captain Alex comes across a boat filled with adolescent refugees from Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan.Bachelard, Olivier. "Man at Sea." ''Abus de Cine.''
/ref> He takes pity on the refugees and allows them on his ship. He plans to drop the refugees off at a port, but local authorities refuse to take them, forcing the refugees to stay on the boat. Their residence angers the ship's owners, and gradually the "Sea Voyager" becomes a claustrophobic war zone between the refugees and the ship's owners.
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Cast

* Antonis Karistinos as Alex *

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as Katia * Konstadinos Avarikiotis as Andreas *

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as Pantelis * Stathis Papadopoulos as Yuri * Thanasis Tatavlalis as Petros * Nikos Tsourakis as Samir * Stathis Apostolou as Johnny * Chalil Ali Zada as Rafik * Rahim Rahimi as Kamal

Reception

"Man at Sea" was featured in the Panorama section of the 2011 Berlin Film Festival. It was observed, "If ''Man at Sea'' isn’t the director’s best work – although it certainly is his most ambitious – it’s because of his inability to orchestrate the internal rhythms of the conflict." ''Movies Ltd.'' listed the diverse sociological issues that the movie deals with: " Illegal immigration, family loss, financial crisis, illegality" ( el, Λαθρομετανάστευση, οικογενειακή απώλεια, οικονομική κρίση, παρανομία). Boyd van Hoeij wrote, "Giannaris’s latest plays more like 'Around the World in 80 Plot Twists.'"van Hoeij, Boyd. "Review: 'Man at Sea.'" ''Variety.'' 18 February, 2011.
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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Man At Sea 2011 films 2011 drama films Greek drama films 2010s Greek films 2010s Greek-language films Films about immigration Seafaring films Films set in the Mediterranean Sea