Atlantide (2022): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2022, Atlantide is a drama and documentary film directed by Yuri Ancarani, running about 104 minutes.

What it’s about. Daniele is a young man from Sant’Erasmo, an island on the edges of the Venice Lagoon. He lives on his wits, isolated even from his peer group who are busy exploring an existence of pleasure-seeking expressed in the cult of the barchino (motorboat). This obsession focuses on the building of ever more powerful engines to transform the little lagoon launches into dangerously fast racing boats. Daniele too dreams of a record-breaking barchino, one that will take him to the top of the leader board, but everything he does to further his dream and win respect from the others turns out to be tragically counterproductive. The decline that erodes the relationships, environment and habits of a rootless generation is observed from the timeless perspective of the Venetian landscape and its island outskirts: the point of no return is a foolish, vestigial tale of male initiation. Violent and destined to fail, it explodes dragging the ghost city along on a psychedelic shipwreck.

Who’s in it. Atlantide stars Daniele Barison, Maila Dabalà, Bianka Berényi and Alberto Tedesco, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 8.0/10, Atlantide sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Philo and YouTube TV and rent or buy it from Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube and Fandango At Home. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Atlantide page.

If you liked it. Fans of Atlantide tend to enjoy The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, Schindler's List and The Godfather Part II.