Nowhere

Nowhere mène la vie dure à son héroïne. À certains égards, il dépasse les bornes de manière un peu simpliste (la scène de l’accouchement), mais autrement, il reste dans les limites du vraisemblable. Il aurait juste pu se dérouler un peu moins longtemps à l’intérieur du conteneur. Sinon, il s’agit d’un film de survie en mer bien conçu qui, sans être aussi respectable qu’All Is Lost, se montre néanmoins suffisamment divertissant, faisant bon usage du cadre restreint et de ses possibilités, ainsi que des accessoires dont dispose le personnage principal. La brutalité froide de la première partie de l’histoire est surprenante, mais elle est atténuée par l’impression de film de série B que donne le monde totalitaire dépeint. (05/10/2023)

Survival in a container at sea hasn't been around for a long time, if ever. It does have a lot of classically unbelievable silliness and nonsense, but on the other hand, this is unexpectedly balanced by the otherwise fairly good believability of the situations, clever ideas and inventions, and the main character's deft handling of the contents of the boxes in the container, making clever use of each one. But with this "believability", which I would actually buy even if the film had a "based on true events" label, then (unfortunately? Fortunately?) comes the absence of some of the more escalated, suspenseful and brutal scenes as is the norm in this genre. It's as if everything is coming too easy for the heroine and nothing is outright trying to kill her. It's an average film, but I would probably look in vain for reasons to watch it, as it simply doesn't bring anything new... (30/09/2023)

This thriller is pretty intense and unforgiving for the main character. However, it’s nothing I haven’t seen from Spanish filmmakers before. The film has a solid concept, a confined setting, and good execution. What more could you want? Just a tip: avoid watching this if your wife is heavily pregnant — it might not be the best choice for her. (19/11/2023)

A decent and original intimate survival from Spain. Albert Pinto once surprised me with the solid ghost story Malasaña 32, confirming that he is another new interesting Spanish filmmaker. This time he's chosen a survival darma set in a single location, and those who like these genre flicks won't be disappointed. The director conceived the film in an original way, we haven’t seen a survivial drama in a container in the middle of the sea (it's hard to come up with something new here, so plus points for the idea). The protagonist is a pregnant woman trying to escape during the war and wants to transport herself with the container, but it gets shot up and only she survives. To make matters worse the container falls off the ship and she finds herself alone in the middle of nowhere. I couldn't really imagine what was going to happen for almost 2 hours, but to my surprise the director had quite a few interesting ideas. The main character is a likeable woman, so it's impossible not to root for her. I found her to be intelligent and some of her ideas wouldn't have occurred to me, so this was entertaining. The best scene of the film for me was the actual birth during a storm, where Mia strips naked and the viewer really believes she is literally giving birth. It must have been a crazy scene for the woman. DiCaprio ate a bison liver in The Revenant, here the heroine eats her own placenta! The uncomfortable tearing of the leg and the subsequent stitching was even more interesting. What's a little bit disappointing is that there is no significant danger of environmental phenomena to the heroine, i.e. the only thing that gives her a problem is the lack of food and water, but because of the setting nothing extra could be invented. It’s not groundbreaking, but this is a watchable, well done and original survival genre film. 6/10. (02/10/2023)