Director Jan-Willem van Ewijk's second feature film, “Atlantic.” (yes there’s a period in the title) is an elegiac, lyrical tribute to yes, the Atlantic Ocean, and the complicated and deep relationship one man has with the sea. Almost an “All Is Lost” on a windsurfing board, “Atlantic.” features his incredible journey on the ocean, motivated by love and loss. Flashing back and forward in time, the film is a dreamlike, salty slice of life on the Moroccan coast, driven forward by the waves, the wind, and the water. Fettah (Fettah Lamara, a real-life Moroccan windsurfer) is on a strange and inexplicable journey. He’s windsurfing up the Moroccan coast, sleeping at night in his sail, subsisting on nuts and water from his backpack. When he arrives on the rocky shore in Casablanca and meets a friendly fisherman, he explains his journey a bit: he’s going much farther north,...
- 12/10/2014
- by Katie Walsh
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