The Deep (2012)

Original title

Djúpið

Directed by

Baltasar Kormákur

Genre

drama film

Country

Iceland

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 128 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A fisherman's boat capsizes in freezing Icelandic waters off the south coast. He must survive for hours in the cold ocean until help arrives.

bleaktensevisceralcoldharrowingisolatedslow-burnrawclaustrophobic

What happens

The Deep (Icelandic: Djúpið) is a 2012 Icelandic drama film directed by Baltasar Kormákur, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jón Atli Jónasson. It stars Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as a fictionalised version of Guðlaugur Friðþórsson, a fisherman who became known in 1984 for surviving six hours in freezing waters after his boat capsized off the south coast of Iceland. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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