Big River Man

Big River Man

When I see a swimmer, I paint a drowned man.

2009100 min6.6 / 10

A documentary portrait of human obsession and endurance set against the Amazon's majesty and danger, where one man's extreme physical challenge becomes a meditation on mortality and meaning.

Follows Martin Strel as he attempts to cover 3,375 miles of the Amazon River in what is being billed as the world's longest swim.

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