What does it mean to live freely? Filmmaker Julian Wittmann finds answers in the company of Wolfgang ‘Gangerl’ Clemens, a Bavarian sailor now in his eighties who has spent four decades roaming the oceans.

For three months, Wittmann documents his subject’s uncompromising life, capturing both the majesty and isolation of a man who long ago stepped outside the demands of society. Cast Off is at once an odyssey of freedom and a rare portrait of a singular character.