“In February 2007 Martin Strel began an insane attempt to be the first person to swim the entire length of the worlds most dangerous river, the Amazon. The Fish Man, as he was called by the local tribes, almost died in the process several times. Towards the end of his marathon ordeal his blood pressure was at heart attack levels, his entire body full of subcutaneous larvae and besieged by dehydration, diarrhoea and exhaustion.”

“Director John Maringouin set out to make an environmentally aware documentary about an eccentric, larger than life Slovenian swimmer. He ended up journeying deep into oppressively remote Amazonia, following Martin and his team into their own Heart Of Darkness as they descend into a nightmare of illness and insanity.”

Amazing film.