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In the summer of 1973, a young international crew of six women and five men embarked together on a most unusual sea voyage—a close-quarters trip across the Atlantic from Spain to Mexico on a free-floating raft christened the Acali, initiated by Mexican anthropologist Santiago Genovés, who proposed to use the group as guinea pigs in his investigation of the origins of violent conflict and dynamics of sexual attraction. Contentious from the get-go, incorrectly labeled by the media as ‘The Sex Raft,’ the Acali mission stayed afloat for 101 days—and now, more than forty years later, the surviving crew members reunite to reenact and recollect their experience, additionally illustrated with extensive 16mm archival footage from the voyage. What results is a document of the thin line between science and cultism in the early ‘70s, a touching story of female camaraderie and, in the character of Genovés, an unforgettable portrait of oblivious, toxic masculinity.
Original Release
03/17/2018
US Release
06/07/2019
Cast
Name | Character |
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Daniel Giménez Cacho | Santiago Genovés (voice) / Narrator / Voice of Santiago Genovés |
Fé Seymour | Self |
Maria Björnstam | Self / herself |
Servane Zanotti | Self |
Eisuke Yamaki | Self |
Mary Gidley | Self / herself |
Edna Reves | Self / herself |
Rachida Lièvre | Self / herself |
Bernardo Bongo | Self |
Charles Anthony | Self |
Directors
Writers
Santiago Genovés, Antunes Filho
Cast
Name | Character |
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Daniel Giménez Cacho | Santiago Genovés (voice) / Narrator / Voice of Santiago Genovés |
Fé Seymour | Self |
Maria Björnstam | Self / herself |
Servane Zanotti | Self |
Eisuke Yamaki | Self |
Mary Gidley | Self / herself |
Edna Reves | Self / herself |
Rachida Lièvre | Self / herself |
Bernardo Bongo | Self |
Charles Anthony | Self |
José María Montero Pérez | Self |
Olaf | Self - Maria Björnstam's Boyfriend |
Santiago Genovés | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Christopher Clements | Executive Producer |
Julie Goldman | Executive Producer |
Philippe Rochefort | Executive Producer |
Man Chiu Leung Carlson | Producer |
Erik Gandini | Producer |
Juan Pablo Libossart | Producer |
Ingmar Trost | Producer |
Vibeke Vogel | Producer |