John Maringouin, 15 (101min)
This extraordinary documentary follows in the footsteps of Man on Wire, whereby an individual sets out to accomplish an insane feat. In this case, the 52-year-old Slovenian endurance swimmer Martin Strel, the spit of Mr Incredible, sets his sights on the Amazon. It starts like Borat made by Werner Herzog; then turns into an unhinged downriver adventure. Strel doesn’t so much go native as animal — in the water he resembles a lithe hippo. After he dons a hat and white mask to protect himself from sunburn, a local tribe mistake him for a river demon and run screaming. An exhausted Strel ends up charging himself with a car battery at night. Meanwhile, his navigator goes slightly insane, turning into the berserk Dennis Hopper character from Apocalypse Now: “The river, God, and Martin — they’re all the same, man.” The end is so ridiculous that you fear it is a spoof. But it’s not. Strel is simply larger than life.