The Deep

The Deep

2012 · 95 min · IS · NR · 6.3 (107 votes)
Dir. Baltasar Kormákur · Starring Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Joi Johannsson, Þorbjörg Helga Þorgilsdóttir, Theodór Júlíusson, María Sigurðardóttir, Björn Thors
Drama

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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A chilling, visceral plunge into the unforgiving power of the sea. This film grips you with its raw depiction of survival against impossible odds, showcasing the sheer, unyielding will of the human spirit when pushed to its absolute limit.

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