Dolphin Man
“How deep can you go on a single breath?”
2017•6•1h 27m•7.8•Released
DocumentaryTV 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.
Director
Lefteris Charitos
Writer
Yuri Averof, Lefteris Charitos
Languages
French, Greek, English
Studio
Anemon Productions
Cast
Jacques Mayol
Self (archive footage)
Jean-Marc Barr
Self
Production
Company
Anemon Productions
Company
Les Films du Balibari
Company
Storyline Entertainment
Company
Impleo
Company
ARTE GEIE
Company
WOWOW FILMS
Company
Greek Film Centre
Company
ERT
Producer
Rea Apostolides
Producer
Yuri Averof
Producer
Ed Barreveld
Producer
Estelle Robin-You
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