When I read the PR blurb sent my way by the National Film Board of Canada describing “Ghosts of the Sea” my impressions were it was an interesting little adventure story about Virginia Tangvald’s father Peter Tangvald and brother Thomas Tangvald two expert sailors who both perished at sea. I was thinking a “National Geographic special” but something enthrallingly bleak and evil scuppered my initial thoughts. This is a voyage into The Heart of Darkness or the film “Apocalypse Now”. Like Martin Sheen, Virginia’s up the river of discovery of the death of her brother the closer she came to discovering the demonic evils of humanity and its psychiatric victims.
Champion sailor Peter Tangvald was not what he appeared to be and Thomas Tangvald’s death may not have been accidental.
Viewer, be prepared to lose your innocence of initial perceptions in this riveting evil, sinister and tragic documentary. Who is Colonel Kurtz in this film? Watch and find out.
A Canadian (National Film Board of Canada) and French co-production.
You can watch the trailer here https://vimeo.com/1034298428
Ontario premiere on 27/30April2025.
RKS 2025 Documentary Rating 93/100.
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