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Sea Fever (2019)

Sea Fever poster
Directed by
Neasa Hardiman
Genre
science fiction film
Country
Ireland
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
14
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 630 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The crew of a fishing trawler becomes infected by a parasite after they are stranded at sea. They must deal with the spreading contagion and each other.

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What happens

Sea Fever is a 2019 science fiction horror thriller film written and directed by Neasa Hardiman, starring Hermione Corfield, Dougray Scott and Connie Nielsen. The film follows the crew of a marooned fishing trawler, who find themselves threatened by a parasitic infection. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 5 September 2019. It was released on video on demand (VOD) in the United States on 10 April 2020 and in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 24 April 2020. It has received generally positive reviews, with several critics comparing the film's plot to the COVID-19 pandemic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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