Le grand bleu

1988 [FRENCH]

Action / Adventure / Drama / Sport

30
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 62% · 21 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 93% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.5/10 10 59258 59.3K

dying and death friendship suicide diving sports parent child relationship

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Plot summary

Childhood friends Jacques and Enzo share a passion for the danger of free diving. Jacques, following in the footsteps of his father, who died at sea when Jacques was a boy, harbors a remarkable ability to adjust his heart rate and breathing patterns in the water, with his vital signs more closely resembling those of dolphins than men.

Director

Luc Besson Photo
Luc Besson

Top cast

Jean Reno Photo
Jean Reno as Enzo Molinari
Jean-Marc Barr Photo
Jean-Marc Barr as Jacques Mayol
Rosanna Arquette Photo
Rosanna Arquette as
Luc Besson Photo
Luc Besson as Blond Diver
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1.42 GB
1280*548
English 2.0
PG
Subtitles
24 fps
2 hr 48 min
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2.71 GB
1904*816
English 2.0
PG
Subtitles
24 fps
2 hr 48 min
Seeds 48

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Andres Gomez

Introspective story with a good Jean Reno and

Introspective story with a good Jean Reno and innocent Rosanna Arquette. Sound track, for those loving Eric Sierra. Not for all tastes. A little bit too long but entartaining.
Reviewed by Filipe Manuel Neto 8 / 10

**A film unjustly forgotten these days.** I confess

**A film unjustly forgotten these days.** I confess that I didn't quite know what to expect from this movie. All I knew was that it was wildly successful in the decade it was released, and that nowadays hardly anyone remembers it. It is directed by Luc Besson, a French director whom I respect and consider competent. The screenplay is based on the relationship between Jacques and Enzo (I assume one will be French and the other Italian). They are childhood friends, but grow apart shortly after the accidental death of Jacques' father. Already in adult life, the two become apnea diving champions and rivals for the world title of the specialty. The story works reasonably well, but it skids a lot on the amorous subplot created around the character of Johana Baker, which feels very underwritten. The film has a strong French cast led effectively by Jean Reno, who is one of the best French actors working today, at least for me. He gives his character a dour humor and a certain sassiness that I felt was very fitting. Jean-Marc Barr also does a good job, but he lacks Reno's charisma and presence. Rosanna Arquette is beautiful, elegant, but nothing more than a pretty face for the film. The material she received is downright poor. Luc Besson likes the sea, and films where the cinematography and the soundtrack artistically dominate and absorb our senses. With this film, he gives us all that, in generous doses, thanks to the beauty of the Mediterranean Sea, magnificently filmed in superb scenes, below and above the water level, and to an excellent soundtrack, by Eric Serra. The editing was also very well directed and the film has a very pleasant pace. All of these are reasons to revisit and revalue a film that seems to me to be unfairly forgotten.
Reviewed by gjdewald 7 / 10

My take on this movie I saw 30+ years ago

I thought the friendship was genuine and interesting and so was the romance. The movie wasn't about diving or competition.Many critics get the 2 main male characters wrong. Interpreting them as unlikable. Reno's character is arrogant and conceited. Barr's character is withdrawn, aloof, and madly unresponsive to Arquette's obvious affection.The magic of the movie is all about the characters imperfections and their respective bonds. It's about imperfect people and their perfect bond with each other.I find all 3 characters genuine and likable. Their flaws are what make them genuine and interesting. The arrogant conceited Reno is pationate and deeply involved in his family and close relationships. Barr is an introverted self-contained personality, perhaps further withdrawn into himself by tragedy that leaves him without family other than dolphins and the sea. The unbreakable bond between Barr and Reno started with the tragic accident to Barr's father and witnessed by Reno.I got this movie when it was released on VHS and watched it 20 times. I always liked the movie, but haven't seen it in around 30 years. My VHS is long gone, but I want to see this movie again. There are not many movies I watched 30 years ago and want to see again.The critics run wild over this movie. They certainly did when it was released. I don't mind liking a movie more than the critics do, especially after reading their reviews. Diving is boring, they don't get it.I was prompted to write this review after reading a review saying the movie was about undiagnosed mental illness. Well, only if everyone has an undiagnosed mental illness. Actually, maybe, everyone is a little mentally ill. Nobody is perfect and imperfect characters are the most interesting.
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