Joe Azzopardi is the only cast member, and the film has very few spoken lines.
The film stars Joe Azzopardi as a lone sailor who finds an abandoned sailboat.
He panics in fear of a collision between the sailboat and the cargo ship, and he tries to open the door, but in vain.
He finds a rope hanging outside the bathroom window and throws it in the water which eventually tangles with the propeller and slows down the sailboat.
After some time he finds that the rope is cut off, and that water level is raising by each passing minute.
The sailboat gets into a storm and while the bathroom is filling up with water he tries to cut loose the other sail, which he eventually manages.
He quickly escapes and goes to the deck where he finds some sort of buoys which he ties to the broken door in fear of his boat sinking.
Now that the Sailboat is gone as well as his makeshift boat, he floats in the sea to find some dolphins swimming near him.
[citation needed] The film premiered at 2018 Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas.
[4] It was also shown at private viewings during the Cannes Film Festival in 2018, through which it secured a number of international distribution deals.
[1] The Times of Malta gave it a positive review, describing it as a "a discomfiting and chilling ride," and praising the actor's ability to "[project] the man’s myriad emotions with consummate ease," despite having "sparse dialogue to work with.
[7] For The Boat, Winston Azzopardi was nominated for Best Director at the 2019 National Film Awards UK.