The transformation of a strong woman torn from her contented world
during a sailing trip.
Rike - 40, a doctor from Europe -
embodies a typical Western model of happiness and success. She is
educated, confident, determined and committed. We see Rike‘s
everyday life, as an emergency doctor, before she fulfils a
long-held dream and sails out to sea alone in her sailing boat. Her
goal: Ascension Island in the Atlantic Ocean.
But her dream holiday is quickly broken off on the high seas, when, after a storm, she finds herself near a stricken fishing boat. Around a hundred people are about to drown. Rike follows maritime law and radios for help. As her request is going nowhere, she is forced to make a fatal decision.