Dolphin Man

Dolphin Man

87 mins | Documentary | Oct. 28, 2017

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.

Dolphin Man

87 mins | Documentary | Oct. 28, 2017

Dolphin Man
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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers WOWOW, Greek Film Centre, Hellenic Radio & Television, Anemon Productions, ARTE GEIE, Les Films du Balibari, Storyline Entertainment, Impleo
Original title Dolphin Man
Directors Lefteris Charitos
Writers Yuri Averof, Lefteris Charitos

Cast

Jacques Mayol

as Self (archive footage)

Jean-Marc Barr

as Self