Synopsis
The film Le Grand Bleu (The Big Blue) propelled French deep-sea diver Jacques Mayol into world stardom, inspired by Mayol’s daring feat of diving 100m in one breath and his profound affinity with the sea. Dolphin Man takes us on a journey across Mayol’s life where we travels from Japan to Miami and from Marseille to the islands of Caicos, Kalymnos and Elba. Places of extreme beauty who impacted Mayol, showing us a man who risked his life for fame, to his transformation into a messenger, who reached the limits of the human body and mind, not just to break records but hoping to discover the deeper affinity between human beings and the sea.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (5)
- Co-productions : Les Films du Balibari, Arte France Cinéma
- Foreign production companies : Anemon Productions, Storyline Entertainment, Wowow Inc., Ert tv
- Film exports/foreign sales : Films Transit International
- French distribution : Destiny Films
- News agency (France) : Anyways
Full credits (11)
- Executive producers : Rea Apostolides, Estelle Robin-You
- Screenwriters : Yuri Averof, Lefteris Charitos
- Director of Photography : Stelios Apostolopoulos
- Music Composer : Mathieu Lamboley
- Editor : David Kazala
- Sound recordists : Olivier Dandré, Daniel Pellerin
- Foreign producers : Yuri Averof, Ed Bareveld
- Author of original work : Jacques Mayol
- Co-producer : Madeleine Avramoussis
- Press Attaché (film) : Florence Alexandre
- Narrator : Jean-Marc Barr
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Documentary, Biopic
- Themes : Ocean
- Production language : English, French
- Coproducer countries : Greece (58.0%), France (22.0%), Canada (22.0%)