History Film / AllIsLost

%%* LostAtSea: And struggling to survive.

* NoEnding: [[spoiler:The film doesn't really have a definite ending. The man is saved by a passing boat and it's unclear whether the boat is real, a DyingDream, [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane or Divine Intervention.]] And due to Chandor and Redford's respective ShrugOfGod, many interpretations of the ending exist, each one equally plausible.]]

* MinimalistCast: [[LogicalExtreme Taken as far as the trope can go]]: [[UpToEleven Redford is the only actor in the movie.]]

* HighConcept: A man fights for survival after his boat is damaged.

* HeroicBSOD: The last third could be seen as one long BSOD.

* HopeSpot: Several, including the radio and [[spoiler: the first cargo ship.]]

* LostAtSea: And struggling to survive.

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: The movie is somewhat in the middle about this, but what happens to the man at the end depends on where the viewers lie on the spectrum.

It is legally available to watch for free on Website/YouTube [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uhf8HHT3u8 here]].

* {{Minimalism}}: There's a man on a boat. We don't know who he is, where he's from, why he's on a boat or if he has any friends or family. All we know is that he has to survive.

%%* TheAloner

* ChekhovsGun: Subverted. When trying to signal a ship with flares, he's shown to leave exactly one flare for later. Then at the end when he sees a light in the distance, he goes for the flare...[[spoiler: then changes his mind and instead sets the entire raft on fire.]]
* ChromosomeCasting: By definition, seeing as there's only one character in the entire film.

* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler: The boat saving him.]]

%%* FromBadToWorse

* NoEnding: [[spoiler:The film doesn't really have a definite ending. The man is saved by a passing boat and it's unclear whether the boat is real, a DyingDream [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane or Divine Intervention.]] And due to Chandor and Redford's respective ShrugOfGod, many interpretations of the ending exist, each one equally plausible.]]

* TheAloner
* [[spoiler: AmbiguousEnding / DownerEnding / EarnYourHappyEnding / NoEnding: The film doesn't really have a definite ending. The man is saved by a passing boat and it's unclear whether the boat is real, a DyingDream [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane or Divine Intervention.]] And due to Chandor and Redford's respective ShrugOfGod, many interpretations of the ending exist, each one equally plausible.]]

* FromBadToWorse

* SilenceIsGolden / SilentMovie: There is virtually no dialogue in the film, except for the opening monologue that provides part of the page quote, a few abortive attempts at calling for help, and an AtomicFBomb (see above).
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: The movie is somewhat in the middle about this, but what happens to the man at the end depends on where the viewers lie on the spectrum.
* TheVoiceless: See SilenceIsGolden above. After all, there's no one else for the man to talk to.

->''"I'm sorry. I know that means little at this point, but I am. I tried. I think you would all agree that I tried. To be true, to be strong, to be kind, to love, to be right. But I wasn't. [[TitleDrop All is Lost]]"''
-->--[[NoNameGiven Our Man]] (Robert Redford)

''All Is Lost'' is a 2013 film starring Creator/RobertRedford and directed by J.C. Chandor (''Film/MarginCall''). Robert Redford plays a sailor at sea on his yacht, who must fight to survive when his boat is struck and badly damaged by a stray cargo container.

* HeroicBSOD: The last third could be seen as one long BSOD.

* NoAntagonist: The man has to fight with the forces of nature. There's no personal antagonist.
* NoNameGiven: Redford's character is listed in the credits as "Our Man".

* InMediaRes: The opening monologue and ending take place eight days after the movie begins.

* AmbiguousEnding / DownerEnding / EarnYourHappyEnding / NoEnding: [[spoiler: The film doesn't really have a definite ending. The man is saved by a passing boat and it's unclear whether the boat is real, a DyingDream [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane or Divine Intervention.]] And due to Chandor and Redford's respective ShrugOfGod, many interpretations of the ending exist, each one equally plausible.]]

* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler: The second cargo ship saving him.]]

* HopeSpot: Several, including the radio and [[spoiler: The first cargo ship.]]

* TheVoiceless: See SilenceIsGolden above. After all, there's no one else for Redford to talk to.

* ChekovsGun: Subverted. When trying to signal a ship with flares, he's shown to leave exactly one flare for later. Then at the end when he sees a light in the distance, he goes for the flare...[[spoiler: then changes his mind and instead sets the entire raft on fire.]]