The Raft

Name: The Raft
Genre: Documentary
Released: June 7, 2019
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 73
Cast: Bernardo Bongo, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Edna Reves, Eisuke Yamaki, Fe Seymour

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| Release Date: June 7, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Bernardo Bongo, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Edna Reves, Eisuke Yamaki, Fe Seymour, José María Montero Pérez, Maria Björnstam, Mary Gidley, Olaf, Rachida Lièvre, Santiago Genovés, Servane Zanotti

Summary: In 1973, five men and six women drifted across the Atlantic on a raft as part of a scientific experiment studying the sociology of violence, aggression and sexual attraction in human behavior. Although the project became known in the press as 'The Sex Raft', nobody expected what ultimately took place on that three month journey. ThroughIn 1973, five men and six women drifted across the Atlantic on a raft as part of a scientific experiment studying the sociology of violence, aggression and sexual attraction in human behavior. Although the project became known in the press as 'The Sex Raft', nobody expected what ultimately took place on that three month journey. Through extraordinary archive material and a reunion of the surviving members of the expedition on a full scale replica of the raft, this film tells the hidden story behind what has been described as 'one of the strangest group experiments of all time.'… Expand

Director: Marcus Lindeen

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 97 min

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A.O. Scott

Jun 6, 2019

By setting Genovés’s words in counterpoint with the recollections of seven of the participants who are still alive, [Lindeen] reinterprets the experiment, finding meanings that the scientist missed. Read full review

Guy Lodge

Jun 6, 2019

The surprisingly short leap from radical academic study to lurid exploitation is navigated with wit, sensitivity and rueful social awareness in Swedish director Marcus Lindeen’s gripping debut feature The Raft. Read full review

Carlos Aguilar

Jun 13, 2019

Favored with copious amounts of footage shot during the voyage, as well as Genovés’ collected data and writings, Lindeen forged a riveting and illuminating study of the unscrupulous endeavor. Read full review

Christopher Gray

Jun 3, 2019

The film uses Santiago Genovés’s experiment to scrutinize memory and capture the feeling of life under a very curious sort of dictatorship. Read full review

Robert Abele

Jun 13, 2019

It’s a fascinating story of endurance, shaky scientific methods, and solidarity that’s been given a thoughtful resurrection thanks to the writings of Genovés himself – acted in voiceover by “Zama” star Daniel Giménez Cacho – and the recollections of seven participants. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

Jun 13, 2019

This fascinating film, which goes into national distribution this week, reconstructs the event with 16mm footage shot during the voyage, interviews with surviving crew members, and a narration taken from the anthropologist’s diary in which he reveals himself to be a spectacularly cockeyed judge of human nature. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Jun 8, 2019

This is such a uniquely bizarre story that it can't help but exert a certain fascination. But it's hard to avoid the feeling that it would have been better served by a compelling dramatization rather than this too-dry documentary. Read full review

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