Dolphin Man

How deep can you go on a single breath?

Oct 28, 2017 1h 27m

7.5

12 votes

Synopsis

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.

Title	Dolphin Man
Companies	Anemon Productions, Les Films du Balibari, Storyline Entertainment, Impleo, ARTE GEIE, WOWOW FILMS, Greek Film Centre, EPT
Countries	Canada, France, Greece, Italy, Japan
Keywords	diving, meditation, dolphin, apnoe-diving, biography, yoga, sports documentary, breath hold, free diving, holding breath under water, figure study