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:

James McAvoy, Alicia Vikander, Alexander Siddig

2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
James McAvoy	...	James More
Alicia Vikander	...	Danielle Flinders
Alexander Siddig	...	Dr. Shadid
Reda Kateb	...	Saif
Jannik Schümann	...	Paul
Celyn Jones	...	Thumbs
Andrea Guasch	...	Maria
Godehard Giese	...	Wolfgang
Jess Liaudin	...	Marcel
Mohamed Hakeemshady	...	Yusef M-Al-Afghani (as Hakeemshady Mohamed)
Harvey Friedman	...	Bob
Jean-Pierre Lorit	...	Captain Anctil
Adam Quintero	...	Gustavo
Alex Hafner	...	Mr. Bellhop
Clémentine Baert	...	Béatrice - Receptionist

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:

terrorism | life philosophy | origins of life | spy | separation of lovers | 

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Taglines:

Separated by fate. Bound by destiny.

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Genres:

Drama | Romance | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Germany France Spain USA

Language:

English Arabic French

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

In the novel, Danielle Flinders is described as a mixed-raced woman. Her father is Australian and her mother is from Martinique, a country where 90% of the population is black. An excerpt from the novel says this about Danielle; "In her complexion and variety of dress and habits and manners there was something of her mother's Creole background". Swedish actress Alicia Vikander was cast for the role.

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Quotes

James More: Death. It gets very real when you're watching somebody die in front of you. You're thinking, is this all I am? Is this all I added up to? And all the clichés are true. You're thinking, why now? Why did it have to be... this happen, before I realize what life truly is? It's direct, it's immediate, and it's their whole life exposed to you.
Danielle Flinders: Did you think about your own death a lot?
James More: I did, and I do.
Danielle Flinders: I've heard people telling me that they've had those exact same thoughts when they fell in love.
James More: No, ...

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Connections

References Yellow Submarine (1968)

User Reviews

Potentially a great movie but failed.

All the wonderful talented actors where mocked by the boringness of a thin story and weird long scenes that had no soul to them. I am so sorry this movie has failed. It has some of my favorite actors in it and it was just bad directing and a sad music score. The attempt to bind the story, characters and scenes together with water was awkwardly done and Far fetched. I am sure the script must have been good to lure these talented actors to participate. But movies like this can partially kill an actors career. I hope this is not the case. I felt it was utterly a waste of time with unrealistic conversations that felt misplaced. The movie only had a few good scenes. I am very disappointed and I didn't expect anything crazy anyways.