When an aging mariner takes to the Indian Ocean on his yacht on a solitary journey, the potential disaster that could ensue is nothing more than a passing thought in his consciousness. However, when he awakens to find that his vessel has been severely damaged by an abandoned shipping container, he finds himself in more peril than he could possibly have imagined with both his navigation and radio equipment completely immobilised leaving him lost and alone with nothing but maps and ocean currents to help him reach safety. However, as a foreboding, rumbling black cloud starts moving towards him, he starts to realise that he will be lucky to make it even if his dwindling food and fresh water supplies are enough to last him.
'All Is Lost' is a survival drama with a solo cast member taking inspiration from the likes of Robert Zemeckis's 'Cast Away' and Chris Kentis' 'Open Water'. It has been directed and written by the Oscar nominated J.C. Chandor ('Margin Call') and is a story of human resourcefulness, maintaining hope and the human will to survive whatever the odds. Following its debut screening at the 66th Cannes Film Festival, 'All Is Lost' will hit US movie theatres on October 25th 2013.
Starring: Robert Redford