Overview - The Big Blue

Date of release

Genres

  • Romance
  • Adventure
  • Drama

Runtime: 168 minutes

Homepage: The Big Blue

Budget

$13,500,000.00

Revenue

$4,000,000.00

Spoken Languages

  • English
  • Français
  • Italiano

Production companies

  • Name: Gaumont

    Production country France

  • Name: Les Films du Loup

    Production country France

Overview

Childhood friends Jacques and Enzo share a passion for the danger of free diving. Professional diver Jacques opted to follow in the footsteps of his father, who died at sea when Jacques was a boy; to the bewilderment of scientists, Jacques harbors a remarkable ability to adjust his heart rate and breathing pattern in the water, so that his vital signs more closely resemble that of dolphins than men. As Enzo persuades a reluctant Jacques to compete against him in a free diving contest -- determining who can dive deeper and longer without scuba gear -- Jacques meets Johana, a beautiful American insurance investigator, and finds that he must choose between his love for her and his love of the sea.

Cast

  • Name: Jean-Marc Barr

    Character: Jacques Mayol

    Popularity: 0.9591

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  • Name: Jean Reno

    Character: Enzo Molinari

    Popularity: 5.7706

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  • Name: Rosanna Arquette

    Character: Johana Baker

    Popularity: 2.772

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  • Name: Paul Shenar

    Character: Dr. Laurence

    Popularity: 1.1306

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  • Name: Sergio Castellitto

    Character: Novelli

    Popularity: 1.5219

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  • Name: Jean Bouise

    Character: Uncle Louis

    Popularity: 0.7742

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  • Name: Marc Duret

    Character: Roberto

    Popularity: 0.7284

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  • Name: Griffin Dunne

    Character: Duffy

    Popularity: 1.9655

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