The Deep (Djúpið)

Year: 2012
Country: ICELAND
Run Time: 93 minutes

Off the southern coast of Iceland lies the Westman Islands, an active volcanic chain. From here the fishing trawler Breki and its small crew leave for a routine commercial trip. Storms are roaming the bitter cold seas and the Breki finds the catches are poor. In these unforgiving waters, catastrophe is always just a heartbeat away. The Breki’s nets snag and the ship is capsized. With terrifying swiftness, the crew begins to drown or succumb to hypothermia. Suddenly, only a single fisherman is left. Gulli is treading water under a cold moon in freezing temperatures, uncertain where or how far away the nearest land is. The only thing he is certain of is that he is completely alone and the precious minutes of his life are few unless he is rescued. Filmed with glacial beauty, this film focuses on Gulli’s desperate minute-by-minute struggle to survive in the harshest of circumstances. Based on true events, THE DEEP follows both the physical and mental course of his ordeal with unrelenting intensity. (In Icelandic subtitles) – C.R.

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