The River Used to Be a Man

• Director: Jan Zabeil
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Synopsis: A young German travels through a country in Africa. He meets an old fisherman near a river, who takes him deep into the wilderness in his wooden boat. The next morning he finds himself alone in the middle of an endless delta. Here his intimate battle with death, his fears and perceptions of the outside world begins. After days of drifting through the wilderness, he arrives in a very isolated village, far from civilization; but his odyssey isn’t over yet. [Synopsis courtesy of San Sebastian International Film Festival]