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Transatlantic

2014 · 72 min

A slow, contemplative drift across open water, all vast horizons and quiet routine, asking for patience and rewarding it with a meditative sense of scale.

Directed by
Félix Dufour-Laperrière
Genres
Documentary
Overview
Documentary essay, filmed during an Atlantic crossing aboard a cargo ship. A film about immensity and faith, about the uninterrupted movements of the waves and their power. And finally, perhaps most importantly, about the men aboard, witnesses and actors in this life between two shores, isolated in the middle of infinity. Transatlantic tells the story of the journey and daily life aboard and reveals the ship as a microcosm and a metaphor : a human island in the heart of a great elsewhere.

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Directed by
Félix Dufour-Laperrière
Genres
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • isolation
    • faith
    • survival
    • work
    • nature
    Places
    • sea
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism9
    Romance0
    Tension2
    Darkness3
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight5

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    Genres
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    Directed by
    Félix Dufour-Laperrière
    Runtime
    72 min
    Country
    Canada
    Languages
    Hindi

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