While James More is held captive by terrorists in Somalia, thousands of miles away on the Greenland Sea, his lover Danny Flinders prepares to dive herself in a submersible into the deep bottom of the ocean, tormented by the memories of their brief encounter in France and her inability to know his whereabouts.
Cinematography
Wenders frames suffering like it's a perfume commercial
Acting
McAvoy and Vikander commit to this nonsense completely
Director
Wim Wenders
James McAvoy
James More
Alicia Vikander
Danielle Flinders
Celyn Jones
Thumbs
Alexander Siddig
Dr. Shadid
Alex Hafner
Bellhop
Harvey Friedman
Bob
Jean-Pierre Lorit
Captain Anctil
Loïc Corbery
Étienne
Adam Quintero
Gustavo
Julien Bouanich
Jonas
Jess Liaudin
Marcel
Andrea Guasch
Maria
Jannik Schümann
Paul
Thibaut Évrard
René
Reda Kateb
Saif
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wenders shot the Somalia sequences in Spain and the underwater scenes in a tank in Belgium—nowhere near actual Greenland or Somalia.
This was Wenders' return to romantic drama after years of documentaries, and critics widely considered it a spectacular misfire—though it has developed a small cult following for its sheer commitment to aestheticized misery.
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