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A storming tale
MARIA DUARTE recommends a nail-biting narrative of a couple battling the odds in the eye of a hurricane

Adrift (12A)
Directed by Baltasar Kormakur

 

THIS drama about survival against all the odds is based on the remarkable true story of Tami Oldham Ashcraft and her fiance Richard Sharp. They set sail from Tahiti to San Diego in 1983 before encountering one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history.

 

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