John Maringouin - Big River Man (2009)

Friday, May 7, 2010

John Maringouin - Big River Man (2009)

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PLOT

Martin Strel, Slovenian national hero and b-grade action film
star, is also an ultra-marathon swimmer who holds several
Guinness World Records. Now the overweight, hard drinking
fifty-something has the world's most dangerous river in his
sights: he will swim all 5,400 kilometres of the Amazon
dodging crocodiles and piranhas as he goes

To accompany Martin on this insane feat of human endurance, he
will bring along Matthew, amateur river guide and professional
gambler, and Borut, his son, Manager, PR agent and narrator of
this epic journey

Part world-class sporting event, part circus sideshow, Martin
set out on his 66-day swim to draw attention to pollution and
deforestation. But Martin must face his own demons as he
descends into a nightmare of illness and insanity mid-swim