Dead Calm (1989)

96 min · Psychological Thriller, thriller film

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Directors

Phillip Noyce

Cast

Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, Billy Zane, Rod Mullinar, Joshua Tilden, George Shevtsov, Michael Long, Lisa Collins, Paula Hudson-Brinkley, Sharon Cook

The story

Rae Ingram is traumatised after a car crash results in the death of her young son. Her older husband, Royal Australian Navy Captain John Ingram, suggests a vacation on their yacht, the Saracen. In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, they encounter a drifting schooner that appears to be taking on water.

Catalogue themes and tags

1980s, Australia and Oceania, Car Crash, Cowardliness, Distrust, Down Under, Ehepaar, Fremde, Ocean, Sea, Sense of Guilt, Shipwreck, Toxication, Unfälle, Verlust des Sohnes, Yacht, psychophat, Thriller, Psychological thriller, World cinema, Suspense

Genres

Psychological Thriller, thriller film

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