La Dérive : Cauchemar en mer, documentaire immersive focused on the 2012 sinking of a luxury cruise ship, begins streaming on Netflix on July 10, 2026. The film, whose original title is Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea, relies on unseen footage and survivors’ testimonies to recount the disaster.
The Drift: Nightmare at Sea
Documentary film | 2026
Available on Netflix on July 10, 2026
Documentary, disaster, survival story
Running time: 1h27
Original title: Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea
Subject: the sinking of a luxury cruise liner in 2012
The documentary revisits a cruise that turns into a maritime catastrophe. Drawing on unseen archives and survivors’ testimonies, The Drift: Nightmare at Sea traces the sinking, followed by the disarray and the human cost that followed.
The decision to present the story in an immersive way anchors the film in the vein of Netflix’s real‑event documentaries and crisis coverage. Here, the perspective foregrounds the people who lived through the incident, rather than a simple external chronology of the accident.
With its focus on a maritime disaster, La Dérive: Nightmare at Sea can appeal to subscribers who follow survival documentaries, accounts of mass accidents, and reconstructions built from archival footage. The film is less suited for viewers seeking fiction or a lightweight documentary.
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