CinemaOSMovie · 2017 · 1h 27m

Dolphin Man

How deep can you go on a single breath?

78%(14)IMDbDocumentaryTV Movie

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.

Directed byLefteris Charitos

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 27m
Language
EN
Released
October 28, 2017
Studios
Anemon ProductionsLes Films du BalibariWOWOW FILMS

Featuring

Cast & crew

2 credited
Starring
Jacques Mayol

Jacques Mayol

Self (archive footage)

Jean-Marc Barr

Jean-Marc Barr

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Lefteris Charitos
Lefteris Charitos
Written by
Yuri Averof
Lefteris Charitos
Lefteris Charitos
Produced by
Rea Apostolides
Yuri Averof

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