Submarine

Submarine

A comedy that doesn't let principles stand in the way of progress.

201198 min7.4 / 10

A darkly comic coming-of-age story about a thoughtful teenage boy navigating first love and family dissolution with wry self-awareness and emotional vulnerability.

15-year-old deep-thinking Welsh schoolboy Oliver Tate struggles to initiate and maintain a relationship with Jordana, his devilish, dark-haired classmate at their Swansea high school. As his parents' marriage begins to fall apart, similar problems arise in his relationship with Jordana.

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