Reel Alternatives: All is Lost

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Monday, March 24th, 2014
7:00 PM

Deep into a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, an unnamed man (Redford) wakes to find his 39-foot yacht taking on water after a collision with a shipping container left floating on the high seas.

With his navigation equipment and radio disabled, the man sails unknowingly into the path of a violent storm. Despite his success in patching the breached hull, his mariner's intuition and a strength that belies his age, the man barely survives the tempest. Using only a sextant and nautical maps to chart his progress, he is forced to rely on ocean currents to carry him into a shipping lane in hopes of hailing a passing vessel. But with the sun unrelenting, sharks circling and his meager supplies dwindling, the ever-resourceful sailor soon finds himself staring his mortality in the face.

106 min
Director: J.C. Chandor
Writer: ;J.C. Chandor
Stars: Robert Redford


Tickets $12 / Students (rows A-C only) $5 / Series of 5 Films $50

Reel Alternatives is a series that presents a balance of interesting films selected from membership in Film Circuit/Toronto International Film Festival. Screenings occur every fourth Monday, September through June at the Cowichan Theatre. All proceeds to the Cowichan Valley Hospice Society.