Submarine (2011) – Filming Locations
Drama / Comedy / Romance · Directed by Richard Ayoade · Starring Noah Taylor, Yasmin Paige
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.
Where was Submarine filmed?
- Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, Swansea – Oliver opens the film with narration overlooking the industrial coastline and beach where he observes his crush Jordana. The Welsh coastal town serves as the primary setting, with its distinctive industrial waterfront providing the melancholic backdrop for the film's coming-of-age narrative
- Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, Swansea – Oliver and Jordana walk and interact throughout various sequences in the residential seaside neighborhoods. The Mumbles district provides the intimate suburban setting where the main relationship develops between the teenage protagonists
- Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, Swansea – Oliver's home life and his mother's infidelity subplot unfold in typical Welsh residential neighborhoods. The ordinary suburban streets establish the mundane, introspective tone that defines Oliver's internal emotional landscape