Cargo (1990)

Directed by

François Girard

Genre

drama, science fiction, fantasy

Country

Canada

Rating

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Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman, her father, and her lover go on a sailing trip. After a storm kills the father, he wanders a ghost ship alone, trying to understand his death.

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What happens

Cargo is a Canadian drama film, directed by François Girard and released in 1990. Girard's feature film debut, the film centres on a sailing trip undertaken by Alice (Geneviève Rioux), her father Philippe (Michel Dumont) and her lover Marcel (Guy Thauvette). After they are caught in a violent storm which kills Philippe but from which Alice and Marcel are rescued, Philippe is left alone wandering a ghost ship and struggling to make sense of his fate. The film premiered in October 1990 at the Festival du nouveau cinéma. Daniel Jobin received a Genie Award nomination for Best Cinematography at the 12th Genie Awards in 1991. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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