Life, Love & Truth Be Told
Get out, leave everyday life behind and experience a great adventure for once - the student Lukas Borchers makes his dream come true and embarks on a journey through Southern Southern Europe. Without…

Life, Love & Truth Be Told
Get out, leave everyday life behind and experience a great adventure for once - the student Lukas Borchers makes his dream come true and embarks on a journey through Southern Southern Europe. Without any significant experience in sea kayaking, he plans to paddle all by himself from Geneva to Gibraltar. A total of 2000 kilometers across the Rhône and along the Mediterranean coast. But already in the first few days he realizes that this is more difficult than he thought. There are many dams on the Rhône, and Lukas spends hours every day trying to move the 80 kg boat overland. boat around the dams by land - quite a feat of strength every time. After a week, he therefore throws all plans overboard. Instead of navigating to the Mediterranean instead of the Mediterranean, he navigates from the Rhône via the Loire across France to the Atlantic. From Saint-Nazaire, he paddles further south along the coast. However, at some point he has to face the the rough conditions of the Atlantic - the autumn storms with their corresponding swells make the action simply too dangerous for a beginner. Again, Lukas has to change his plans, and comes across the approx. 80 year old sailing ship "Labora". In In La Rochelle, he goes on board as a sailing novice and helps the diverse crew with the daring in autumn storms with wind speeds of over 80 km/h and waves of over 5 meters high. of over 5 meters in height. Lukas is on the way for a total of 4 months and covers 2000 kilometers on the water with kayak and sailing ship. Always with him: the camera to capture all experiences and impressions directly. The resulting film KURS SÜDWEST takes us in impressive, images that take us on this unusual journey. A film full of adventure, changes of plans and breathtaking landscapes.

Life, Love & Truth Be Told
Drama,Family
Film Details
Get out, leave everyday life behind and experience a great adventure for once - the student Lukas Borchers makes his dream come true and embarks on a journey through Southern Southern Europe. Without any significant experience in sea kayaking, he plans to paddle all by himself from Geneva to Gibraltar. A total of 2000 kilometers across the Rhône and along the Mediterranean coast.
But already in the first few days he realizes that this is more difficult than he thought. There are many dams on the Rhône, and Lukas spends hours every day trying to move the 80 kg boat overland. boat around the dams by land - quite a feat of strength every time.
After a week, he therefore throws all plans overboard. Instead of navigating to the Mediterranean instead of the Mediterranean, he navigates from the Rhône via the Loire across France to the Atlantic. From Saint-Nazaire, he paddles further south along the coast.
However, at some point he has to face the the rough conditions of the Atlantic - the autumn storms with their corresponding swells make the action simply too dangerous for a beginner. Again, Lukas has to change his plans, and comes across the approx. 80 year old sailing ship "Labora".
In In La Rochelle, he goes on board as a sailing novice and helps the diverse crew with the daring in autumn storms with wind speeds of over 80 km/h and waves of over 5 meters high. of over 5 meters in height. Lukas is on the way for a total of 4 months and covers 2000 kilometers on the water with kayak and sailing ship.
Always with him: the camera to capture all experiences and impressions directly. The resulting film KURS SÜDWEST takes us in impressive, images that take us on this unusual journey. A film full of adventure, changes of plans and breathtaking landscapes..