THE ODYSSEY

| 2018 – 123′ – Biopic, Drama, Adventure.
Written by: Jérôme Salle, Laurent Turner.
Directed by: Jérôme Salle.
Based on the Biography by: Albert Falco.
Starring: Lambert Wilson, Pierre Niney, Audrey Tautou, Laurent Lucas, Benjamin Lavernhe, Vincent Heneine, Thibault de Montalembert, Roger Van Hool.
Official Selections: San Sebastian International Film Festival 2016.
Official Competition COLCOA 2017.
In French with English subtitles.
A Samuel Goldwyn Films release. |

During WWII Naval Commander Jacques Cousteau helped to develop a device that would enable divers to remain underwater for much longer than previously possible. His aqua-lung became a passport to a spectacular undersea world of wonder.  This polished, big-budget biopic dives headlong into that extraordinary world, and charts the adventurous life of its most revered discoverer, a man the French consider a national treasure. Filming documentaries from his nomadic research vessel the Calypso, Cousteau enchanted an entire generation with the mysteries beneath the waves. With his iconic woolen red beanie, Cousteau, convincingly embodied by a slimmed down Lambert Wilson, quickly became a television icon. But a look behind that iconic mask reveals a more complex man whom many saw as deeply flawed. Cousteau scuttled his personal life with a secret second family, and cynically tethered his brand to Big Oil in a narcissistic grab for international fame. Pierre Niney smolders as Philippe Cousteau, who hopes to win his father over to the cause of environmental activism.

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