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Submarino is a danois film of genre Drama directed by Thomas Vinterberg with Jakob Cedergren

Submarino (2010)

Submarino
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Length 1h50
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OriginDanemark
Genres Drama
Rating74% 3.7464953.7464953.7464953.7464953.746495

Submarino is a 2010 Danish drama film directed by Thomas Vinterberg, starring Jakob Cedergren and Peter Plaugborg. It is based on the 2007 novel Submarino by Jonas T. Bengtsson, and focuses on two brothers on the bottom of Danish society, with lives marked by violence and drug addiction. The film was produced by Nimbus Film. As a condition from the financier TV 2, half of the cast and crew were novices, which the director enjoyed as it gave an experience similar to his earliest films.

Submarino premiered in the main competition of the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. The film won the 2010 Nordic Council Film Prize. It was met by positive reviews in Denmark and has been nominated for 15 Robert Awards.

Synopsis

The story of two brothers who lose track of each other after an unstable childhood until they meet up again in prison is the focus of former ‘Dogme’ director Thomas Vinterberg’s film based on a book by Jonas T. Bengtsson, a Danish novelist celebrated for his unflinching realism. The film’s title refers to a method of torture known as ‘submarino’ in which the target’s head is held under water to just before the point of drowning.

Actors

Jakob Cedergren

(Nick)Peter Plaugborg

(Martin's Father)Patricia Schumann

(Sofie)Dar Salim

(Goran)
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