Submarines: sailing beneath the waves

Carmela 2022-04-12 08:01:01

After watching this Danish film, I have been wondering about its title, what does the submarine refer to? Taiwan's translation is "Sad Submarine", which is very tragic, but it is still unclear.

This is the story of the two brothers. It takes place in the cold and dark northern Europe. The film is gray, and it seems that there is always fine snow, and it is rare to see a trace of warmth. The plot is also full of grief, unfortunate childhood, garbage life, death and drug trafficking, hardship and prison. The characters in the movie, like ants, wither in an instant.

There are two funerals in the film, both in the same church, with the same people attending the funerals. They are a mother and son, with the same failure in life. An alcoholic consumes his life, a drug ruins his life. There were also two abnormal deaths. One was the death of his brother Martin after crying all night, and the other was that the female neighbor was strangled on the bed by the mentally handicapped Ivan. The former is the lifelong knot of the brothers, while the latter makes the brother go back to prison.

Life is indeed dark and cruel, but fortunately there is still the warmth of humanity. The accidental death of the younger brother has severely damaged the hearts of the young brothers, disintegrated the family, and separated the brothers. They meet in prison, but the brotherhood remains. The younger brother also has a deep affection for his youngest son, Martin. The son has become the goal of his life and the softest place in his heart, although he is always unable to resist the temptation of drugs.

But family love can't erase the trauma of the soul, it can't eliminate the confusion of life, and it can't help them determine the direction of life. They are just like a dead leaf in this cold winter, drifting with the current, not knowing where the stream of life will take them. The older brother seemed to know more about life. He was looking for his younger brother, gave all the property left by his mother to his younger brother, and assumed the responsibility of taking care of his nephew after his younger brother died. The younger brother could not withstand another blow from life, and spent his tragic life in prison.

Why is the film named Submarine, I searched the Internet for a long time and found nothing. Or maybe the title comes from the Beatles' most famous song, "Yellow Submarine"? There was a similarity in the expression of that emotion:

in the town where I was born lived a sailor man
who told us about his life in a submarine
and we sailed till dawn till we found the blue sea
We live in yellow subs under the waves
We all live in yellow subs, yellow subs, yellow subs
We all live in yellow subs, yellow subs, yellow subs
Our friends are on board , they mostly live next door to us and the
band starts playing
we all live in the yellow sub, the yellow sub, the yellow sub we
all live in the yellow sub, the yellow sub, the yellow sub Life ,
everyone has what they want Submarines We all live in yellow subs, yellow subs, yellow subs We all live in yellow subs, yellow subs, yellow subs We all live in yellow subs under the waves Sailing till dawn till we find the blue sea. We live easy lives and everyone has what they want. We all have this desire, but how much will life give us? We wanted to sail to the azure sea, but our submarine was still lingering under the waves, unable to find its way.






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  • Garret 2022-04-21 09:03:53

    After watching it for a long time, I realized that it is not another submarine, but if you watch it calmly, it seems that the soundtrack is quite squeamish.

  • Hunter 2022-04-13 09:01:07

    Great Dogma 95 Nordic too cold and too beautiful