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Deadly Cargo

Pau FREIXAS

Spain2004 98min 35mm Color

Synopsis

Have you ever been in a situation where your life is threatened while on vacation? Five youngsters go to sea to enjoy skin scuba diving under a blue sky and calm winds. They are unfamiliar with one another but have the same expectation. They head for the ocean. The characters are Victor and Ties, who are husband and wife, Ivan and his friend Edward, Sara, a photographer, and a 10-year-old boy (Drewy), who is the helmsman. As they start diving, they find a corpse in the ocean. Astonished, Victor accidentally fires a gun towards the boat and it explodes. They drift out to sea. They are delighted to be found by a boat, but they see a black man being killed by men wearing black coats. They know by intuition that the boat is not safe, and they hide until the boat reaches land. The adventure puts their lives in danger until there is no choice any more. The more they are in a critical condition, the more their lives are at risk. So, Victor tries to guard his pregnant wife and his companions. He runs for his life. Who will survive? The enjoyable sea adventure turns into isolated death. They believe each other. The wide and blue sea seems like an enclosed prison to them. What is their next move?

Diretor

Pau FREIXAS

Pau Freixas studied Image and Sound before taking more specialised courses in Directing and Scriptwriting at the University of Barcelona. By 1997, at the age of just 24, he had already written and directed his first short film,  Doubles , which garnered prizes such as 'Best Photography' at the Festival of Gerona in 1997. Following some work in television, Pau Freixas soon made the inevitable step up to feature films, writing and directing Cactus , which was released in 2000. This was combined with an ever-blossoming career in television and music videos. The latest offering from this talented young man is Deadly Cargo, which he both directed and co-wrote.