Submarino (Thomas Vinterberg, 2010): Denmark

Reviewed by Jeremy Del Bianco. Viewed at Grauman’s Chinese Theater, AFI Film Festival, Hollywood.

The sum what unrelentingly grim Danish drama Submarino directed by Thomas Vinterberg, is a movie about two younger brothers who were neglected and abused, by their alcoholic mother.  In this film we see two young brothers become emotionally damaged adults.  Vinterberg Grimly shows the depths of deprivation the brothers must endure.

The narration both gentle and respectful, leaves the audience in a position of not being able to juggle the characters wrong choices, instead we get this feeling of compassion for them.

I was convinced that what I was seeing was true, thanks to good cast and overall performance.  Vinterberg rely brought out the disturbing realism of the story.  Beautiful composition is attributed to the scenes thanks to the cinematography.

An award should be given to the two actors playing the grown-up brothers. Jakob Cedergren (Nick) in particular makes us see the fragility of his character threw his eyes, despite, his tough criminal like style.  The entire cast did a great job.

This movie reveals the harsh nesses of abused children and its effects it has on them at a young age.  What I found interesting was that we got to see two separate but continuously interleaving stories of two brothers, each coping with their daily lives, and their everyday substance abuse.  The Film is educational and I would recommend watching it.