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1988's The Big Blue ( French: Le Grand Bleu) was the first film made in English by French director Luc Besson. Besson shot an identical French language version of the script concurrently (a task made easier by the script's comparatively sparse dialogue). Starring Jean-Marc Barr , Rosanna Arquette, and Besson favourite Jean Reno, the film is a fictionalised account of the sporting rivalry between two famed free divers.It charts the competition and friendship of real-life champions Jacques Mayol (played by former model Barr) and Enzo Maiorca (renamed in the film as "Enzo Molinari", and played by Reno). The action is divided into two timelines - the nascent rivalry between the two divers as children, and (as adults) their final competition at the world free-diving championships at the Sicilian town of Taormina.
With its extensive underwater scenes and languid score, the film has been both praised as beautiful and serene, and in equal measure criticised as being dull and uneventful. While popular in Europe, the film was a commercial failure in North America. The director later released a longer Director's Cut on DVDDVD is an optical disc storage media format that is used for playback of movies with high video and sound quality and for storing data. DVDs are similar in appearance to compact discs. History During the early 1990s there were two high density optical sto, featuring an different ending and a new score.
As with many of Luc Besson's films, the soundtrack was written by Eric SerraEric Serra (born on September 9, 1959) is a French composer, often working with Luc Besson on his movies. Serra Serra..
1 Trivia
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2 See Also
- Cinema of FranceFrance has been influential in the development of film as a mass medium and as an art form. History Late 19th century to early 20th century In the late 19th century, during the early years of cinema, France produced several important pioneers. Auguste and
- List of French language filmsThis is a partial list of French language films: Alphabetical by French title 5x2 Ah! Si j'etais riche (If I Were a Rich Man Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (The Lovers on the Bridge L'Amour a vingt ans (Love at Twenty L'amour en fuite (Love on the Run L'Argent d
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Big Blue, The
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