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Dolphin Man
“How deep can you go on a single breath?”
7.8 / 10• 2017• 1h 27m•NR• English
DocumentaryTV Movie
Storyline
As well as providing the subject for Luc Besson’s The Big Blue, Jacques Mayol did more than anyone to establish the sport of free diving to enormous depths without an oxygen supply. Using breathing techniques derived from yoga, he went to 50, 60, and even 100 meters—depths no one had considered to be within the bounds of human possibility. Mayol was a sportsman, a mystic, a vagabond, but above all, a man who believed in testing the limits of experience. This visually stunning tribute shows a man’s quest to be at one with the vastness of the ocean and to have no fear of the abyss within, where lurks serenity, freedom and finally, death.
Cast & Crew
Jacques Mayol
Self (archive footage)
Lead
Jean-Marc Barr
Self
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Lefteris Charitos's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Dolphin Man is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
