In the Footsteps of Magellan. In 1968, Donald Crowhurst, a young entrepreneur and father of four, finds a sponsor to participate in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, the first competition dedicated to solo circumnavigation of the globe. If he fails to complete the venture, he will have to bear the cost of the race, effectively marking the failure of his company. For Crowhurst, this marks the beginning of a painful journey to the edges of humanity, progressively pushing him into the deepest darkness. With the right rigor and without concessions to rhetoric, the documentary by Osmond and Rothwell tells the story of a modern Ulysses, who set out to challenge the unknown and soon found himself battling against the sirens.
