Submergence (2017)

In a room with no windows on the eastern coast of Africa, a Scotsman, James More, is held captive by jihadist fighters. Thousands of miles away in the Greenland Sea, Danielle Flinders ... See full summary »

Director:

Wim Wenders

Writers:

Erin Dignam (screenplay), J.M. Ledgard (novel)

Stars:

Alicia Vikander, James McAvoy, Alexander Siddig

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Alicia Vikander	...	Danielle Flinders
James McAvoy	...	James More
Alexander Siddig	...	Dr. Shadid
Jannik Schümann	...	Paul
Reda Kateb	...	Saif
Jess Liaudin	...	Marcel
Andrea Guasch	...	Maria
Mohamed Hakeemshady	...	Yusef M-Al-Afghani (as Hakeemshady Mohamed)
Celyn Jones	...	Thumbs
Godehard Giese	...	Wolfgang
Harvey Friedman	...	Bob
Clémentine Baert	...	Béatrice - Receptionist
Alex Hafner	...	Mr. Bellhop
Thibaut Evrard	...	René
Matthew Gallagher	...	Hotelier

Storyline

In a room with no windows on the eastern coast of Africa, a Scotsman, James More, is held captive by jihadist fighters. Thousands of miles away in the Greenland Sea, Danielle Flinders prepares to dive in a submersible to the ocean floor. In their confines they are drawn back to the Christmas of the previous year, where a chance encounter on a beach in France led to an intense and enduring romance.

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Plot Keywords:

based on novel | 

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Taglines:

Love Has No Limits

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Genres:

Drama | Romance | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Germany USA France Spain

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 April 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

Až na dno

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Backup Media, Green Hummingbird Entertainment, Lila 9th Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the third time McAvoy will play a soldier (Atonement and Band of Brothers) and the third time Vikander will be in an ocean centric film (Tulip Fever and The Light Between Oceans)

User Reviews

It didnt work for me.

I watched it at Göteborg film festival som days ago. I really wanted to like this but its just didnt click for me.

The actors fail to sell the love story, they dont connect on the screen and that technobabble from Alicia Vikanders character doesnt make it better.

Two parallell stories at once. For this to work the love story need to be sold, but it just doesnt work. I dont belive it when the main characters get outburst, the reaction feels to theatric and it becomes a make belive reaction for show.

To really make the terrorist look bad and evil they put in things that just oversell the evilness of the terrorist. Yes I get it, they are the badguys but it becomes a bit to much.

Sorry. I really wanted to enjoy this but it didnt work for me.