The Mercy (2018)

Directed by

James Marsh

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 302 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An amateur sailor enters a solo round-the-world race in 1968. He faces isolation and pressure on his voyage.

sombertensemelancholicintrospectiveslow-burnunderstatedbleak

What happens

The Mercy is a 2017 British biographical drama film, directed by James Marsh and written by Scott Z. Burns. It is based on the true story of the disastrous attempt by the amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst to complete the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race in 1968 and his subsequent attempts to cover up his failure. The film stars Colin Firth, Rachel Weisz, David Thewlis and Ken Stott. It is one of the last films scored by Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson. The film was released in the United Kingdom on 9 February 2018 by StudioCanal. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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