Submergence

20172017
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1h 52m

James McAvoy and Alicia Vikander in Submergence (2017)

'Submergence' is a love story that takes us into the extremely different worlds of our two protagonists, Danielle Flinders (Alicia Vikander) and James More (James McAvoy). They meet by chance in a remote hotel in Normandy where they both prepare for a dangerous mission. They fall in love almost against their will, but soon recognize in each other the love of their lives. When they have to separate, we find out that James works for the British Secret Service. He's involved in a mission in Somalia to track down a source for suicide bombers infiltrating Europe. Danielle 'Danny' Flinders is a bio-mathematician working on a deep sea diving project to support her theory about the origin of life on our planet. Soon, they are worlds apart. James is taken hostage by Jihadist fighters and has no way of contacting Danny, and she has to go down to the bottom of the ocean in her submersible, not even knowing if James is still alive ...

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James and Danielle meet on vacation and fall in love. She's going to the dark North Atlantic bottom to find life. He's going to Somalia to find a terrorist but gets a dark cell.James and Danielle meet on vacation and fall in love. She's going to the dark North Atlantic bottom to find life. He's going to Somalia to find a terrorist but gets a dark cell.James and Danielle meet on vacation and fall in love. She's going to the dark North Atlantic bottom to find life. He's going to Somalia to find a terrorist but gets a dark cell.

Director
- Wim Wenders
Writers
- Erin Dignam(screenplay)
- J.M. Ledgard(novel)
Stars

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Awards
- 2 nominations

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James McAvoy and Alicia Vikander in Submergence (2017)

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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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Taglines
- Love Has No Limits
Genres
Certificate
- Not Rated
Parents guide

Trivia
The location in the Faroe Islands Is not Eidi but Bour.

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, you don't die when you fall in love.

Connections
References Yellow Submarine (1968)

Top review

4/10

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.

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Release date
- April 13, 2018 (United States)
Countries of origin
Official sites
- Official site (Germany)
- Official site (Japan)
Languages
Also known as
- Giữa Những Đại Dương
Filming locations
- Faroe Islands
Production companies
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Budget
- $15,000,000 (estimated)
Gross worldwide
- $835,347

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Runtime
1 hour 52 minutes
Color
- Color
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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