Submarino

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.

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 Vinterbergs film based on a book by Jonas T. Bengtsson, a Danish novelist celebrated for his unflinching realism. The films title refers to a method of torture known as submarino in which the targets head is held under water to just before the point of drowning.Nick and his younger brother have grown up in terrible circumstances their childhood was marked by poverty, abuse and an alcoholic mother until the family was torn apart by tragedy. Nick is now thirtythree and has just been released from prison. Hes a man who knows what he wants to train hard and drink hard in order to stand up against a hard world. A bodybuilder, he lives in a dilapidated hostel on the outskirts of Copenhagen. His brother is a junkie and a single father for whom only two things count in life his daily fix and a better life for his sixyearold son, Martin. Reason enough for him to deal in heroin. ........

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