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Styx
NAME OF FILM: STYX
DIRECTOR(S): Wolfgang Fischer
STARRING: Susanne Wolff, Gedion Oduor Wekesa, Kelvin Mutuku Ndinda
GENRE: Drama Film
SYNOPSIS: Rike, a German doctor enjoying a solo sailing holiday off the Spanish coast. When she encounters a slowly sinking boat packed with African refugees, she immediately calls the Coast Guard, who assure her they’ll handle it and forbid her from interfering. But they don’t show, and Rike’s Hippocratic Oath is compelling her to help even though there are more refugees than could possibly fit on her sailboat. What should she do? There are no easy answers in Styx, which will haunt you long after its aching conclusion.
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