LUC BESSON | 1988 | 144 MINS | FRA

Rated M

A tale of friendship and romance, The Big Blue follows two friends and champion divers in a friendship spanning decades when even as boys in the late fifties, Jacques Mayol and Enzo Molinari, would vie to set a deep-sea diving records.

Twenty years later, they are both front runners for the championship. Their friendship-turned rivalry becomes a perilous yet beautiful journey into oneself and the unknown.

Starring Luc Besson regular Jean Reno, Rosanna Arquette and Jean-Marc Barr, Besson once more champions cinema du look in this breathtaking story based on real events.

"This simple tale of love, friendship and the sea lingers in the mind long after the final credits." - Empire