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The Deep

2012 · 95 min

A stark, immersive survival drama that grips with its icy realism and quiet, stubborn hope.

Directed by
Baltasar Kormákur
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Joi Johannsson, Þorbjörg Helga Þorgilsdóttir
Overview
Based on an astonishing true incident that took place on the frigid seas off Iceland in 1984, The Deep fashions a modern-day everyman myth about the sole survivor of a shipwreck, whose superhuman will to survive made him both an inexplicable scientific phenomenon and a genuine national hero.

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  • Channel 101 Amazon Channel
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Directed by
Baltasar Kormákur
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Joi Johannsson, Þorbjörg Helga Þorgilsdóttir
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • isolation
  • grief
  • family
  • identity
Places
  • sea
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror3
Humour2
Realism9
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Baltasar Kormákur
Written by
Jón Atli Jónasson, Baltasar Kormákur
Starring
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Joi Johannsson, Þorbjörg Helga Þorgilsdóttir, Theodór Júlíusson, María Sigurðardóttir, Björn Thors, Stefán Hallur Stefánsson, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson
Cinematography
Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson
Runtime
95 min
Country
Iceland
Languages
Icelandic

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