The Boat Is Full

A tense, quietly devastating moral pressure-cooker where bureaucratic cruelty threatens fragile lives.

Directed by

Markus Imhoof

Genres

Drama, History, War

Starring

Tina Engel, Hans Diehl, Mathias Gnädinger

Overview

During World War II, Switzerland severely limited refugees: "Our boat is full." A train from Germany halts briefly in an isolated corner of Switzerland. Six people jump off seeking asylum: four Jews, a French child, and a German soldier. They seek temporary refuge with a couple who run a village inn. They pose as a family: the deserter as husband, Judith as his wife, an old man from Vienna as her father, his granddaughter and the French lad, whom they beg to keep silent, as their children. Judith's teenage brother poses as a soldier. The fabrication unravels through chance and the local constable's exact investigation. Whom will the Swiss allow to stay? Who gets deported?

How it feels

Tense, bleak and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Survival, morality, isolation, family

Content

Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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