Submarine
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“I decided to soften the blow with some light arson”
Overview
Intelligent, imaginative 15-year-old Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts) is searching. He wants his life in Swansea, Wales to have the drama of a (French or noir) film - and he wants to play the charismatic lead, not a walk-on extra. Oliver becomes infatuated with a girl at school named Jordana (Yasmin Paige), the kind of girl he decides to take to his “favourite industrial estate” on a date because she hates anywhere romantic. As if his own burgeoning love life weren’t enough work, Oliver also takes it upon himself to stitch up his parents flailing relationship. Set to a surprisingly stunning collection of solo songs by Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys), Submarine is a sweet, funny, affecting film that plays out like a Belle & Sebastian album come to life.
Why You Should See This Film
This directorial debut from Richard Ayoade (The Double, The IT Crowd, Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace) is visually stylised in a manner similar to Wes Anderson with more than a few nods to French New Wave films by Godard and Truffaut, but Submarine’s darker reality and more complex characterisations veer into Todd Solondz territory. Ben Stiller produced this adaptation of the 2008 novel Submarine by Welsh novelist, poet and journalist Joe Dunthorne; it was a sleeper hit, garnering almost universally positive reviews upon release.
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