| Man at Sea | |
| Director: | Constantine Giannaris |
| Producer: | Alexander Emmert |
| Starring: | Antonis Karistinos |
| Cinematography: | Yorgos Argiroiliopoulos |
| Runtime: | 92 minutes |
| Country: | Greece |
| Language: | Greek |
Man at Sea (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Άνθρωπος στη Θάλασσα, translit. Anthropos sti thalassa) is a 2011 Greek drama film directed by Constantine Giannaris.[1] [2]
Alex, the captain of a Greek oil tanker, is still dealing with the death of his son four years ago.[3] While his ship the "Sea Voyager" is in the Mediterranean Sea, Captain Alex comes across a boat filled with adolescent refugees from Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan.[4] 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.[5]
"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" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Λαθρομετανάστευση, οικογενειακή απώλεια, οικονομική κρίση, παρανομία). Boyd van Hoeij wrote, "Giannaris’s latest plays more like 'Around the World in 80 Plot Twists.'"[6]