The Odyssey

The Odyssey 2016

6.6/10

IMDB Rating : 6.6

FD Smart Rating : 6.6

Synopsis : This biopic of explorer, innovator, ecologist and filmmaker Jacques Cousteau delves into his adventures, ambitions -- and his troubled relationships.

Regions Available ( 5 ) :
United States , Germany , Greece , South Africa , Vietnam

Actors:

Benjamin Lavernhe , Lambert Wilson , Audrey Tautou , Adam Neill , Pierre Niney , Thibault De Montalembert , Roger Van Hool , Vincent Heneine , Chloe Hirschman , Laurent Lucas

Creators:

Jean-Michel Cousteau , Albert Falco , Jerome Salle , Laurent Turner

Languages:

French [Original] , German

Subtitles:

English , German

Genres:

Adventure, Biography

Release Date:

2016

Run Time:

2h2m

Maturity Rating:

thematic material, language, and smoking

From 1949 to 1979, thirty years in the life of captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau, the famous researcher, scientist, inventor, filmmaker whose greatest achievement is to have made the general public more curious - and accordingly closer - to the sea. A genius, a leader of men and a charismatic opinion maker, Cousteau was not without defects, his being unfaithful to ever-supportive wife Simone for example or else his vainglory..., but let him who is without sin cast the first stone. The spectator leaves Cousteau in mid-1979 at the worst time of his life: his favorite son, Philippe, has just died in the crash of a plane he was piloting. The dashing conqueror of the sea has suddenly become a broken old man, tempted to discouragement but his eldest son Jean-Michel is by his side to help him overcome his grief and go on with his mission...

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