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An open-water thriller about one man's battle for survival against the elements after his sailboat is destroyed at sea. Using only a sextant and nautical maps to chart his progress, he is forced to rely on ocean currents to carry him into a shipping lane in hopes of hailing a passing vessel. But with the sun unrelenting, sharks circling, and his meager supplies dwindling, the ever-resourceful sailor soon finds himself staring his mortality in the...

"Juan is the survivor of a shipwreck together with his niece and mentally challenged brother. He moves to an isolated town where he meets Sara, a woman escaping her own painful past. A secret and impossible love and the mysterious death of his other brother will lead Juan to realize that it takes more than bravery in life to survive." --Container. "Junto a su sobrina y un hermano con problemas mentales, los únicos sobrevivientes de un naufragio,...

In February of 1952, one of the worst storms to ever hit the East Coast struck New England, damaging an oil tanker off the coast of Cape Cod and literally ripping it in half. On a small lifeboat faced with frigid temperatures and 70-foot high waves, four members of the Coast Guard set out to rescue the more than 30 stranded sailors trapped aboard the rapidly-sinking vessel.