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Submergence

2018 · 112 min

A slow, brooding plunge into two distant lives, mixing tender romance with claustrophobic dread and philosophical musings on darkness.

Directed by: Wim Wenders
Genres: Drama, Thriller, Romance
Starring: James McAvoy, Alicia Vikander, Celyn Jones

Tagline: Love has no limits
Overview: While James More is held captive by terrorists in Somalia, thousands of miles away on the Greenland Sea, his lover Danny Flinders prepares to dive herself in a submersible into the deep bottom of the ocean, tormented by the memories of their brief encounter in France and her inability to know his whereabouts.

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Directed by: Wim Wenders
Genres: Drama, Thriller, Romance
Starring: James McAvoy, Alicia Vikander, Celyn Jones

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
love
survival
obsession
faith
Places: sea
countryside
wilderness
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	6
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, thriller, romance
Directed by: Wim Wenders
Written by: Erin Dignam
Starring: James McAvoy, Alicia Vikander, Celyn Jones, Alexander Siddig, Alex Hafner, Harvey Friedman, Jean-Pierre Lorit, Loïc Corbery
Music: Fernando Velázquez
Cinematography: Benoît Debie
Runtime: 112 min
Country: United States of America, France, Germany, Spain
Languages: Arabic, English, French, Somali

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