The Big Blue Page #5

Synopsis: Enzo and Jacques have known each other for a long time. Their friendship started in their childhood days in the Mediterranean. They were not real friends in these days, but there was something they both loved and used to do the whole day long: diving. One day Jacques' father, who was a diver too, died in the Mediterranean sea. After that incident Enzo and Jacques lost contact. After several years, Enzo and Jacques had grown up, Johanna, a young clerk in an insurance office, has to go to Peru. There she meets Jacques who is being studied by a group of scientists. He dives for some minutes into ice-cold water and the scientists monitor his physical state that is more like a dolphin than human. Johanna can not believe what she sees and gets very interested in Jacques but she's unable to get acquainted with him. Some weeks later back in her office, she finds out that Jacques will be competing in a diving championship that takes place in Taormina, Sicily. In order to see Jacques again she m
Director(s): Luc Besson
Production: 20th Century-Fox
  3 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
35
Rotten Tomatoes:
62%
R
Year:
1988
168 min
$80,804
243 Views


Roberto, the jacket.

- This one?

- Yes.

Very good.

What about the shoes?

Very chic.

- Well, you don't have anything else, do you?

- No.

Then it's very chic. Avanti.

Hi.

Hi.

- (mike feedback)

- Ladies and gentlemen,...

..your attention, please.

Andre Bonnet, president ofthe International

Diving Championship Committee...

(whispers) E basta dimangiare!

..this trophy to the new world champion.

This afternoon, our new champion

descended to the remarkable depth...

..of 310 feet.

A one-day hero.

(presenter) Mr. President, if you please...

A new world record. That's great.

It gives me something to beat tomorrow.

- Have you ever been to Tahiti?

- No.

I'll take you there. We'll live in the sun.

You'll cook fresh fish...

..and we'll make love under the coconut trees.

Hey, wait. How about you do the cooking?

And... uh... you forgot the hula.

Excuse me.

He looks strange, doesn't he?

Like a baby who just learned to walk.

- Have you known him long?

- For ever.

We used to live on the same island in Greece,

when we were kids.

- What was he like when he was little?

- Little.

Very little.

That is, compared to me.

- I get it, Enzo. You were a superior child.

- Exactly.

What is it, Johana?

You are so crazy about him,

you don't see the truth?

Don't think of Jacques as a human being.

He is from another world.

And just what world are you from, Enzo?

Italia!

OK.

(whispers) Italia.

And now, my friends,...

..you are all invited for a drink

around the swim pool.

Today, at lunch, you asked me

if I had any questions.

Ah! You finally want to know about women!

- Are they what's most important?

- No.

It depends.

Sometime they are.

What exactly do you want to know?

Everything.

Everything about what?

About everything.

Mamma mia!

(plays piano)

So, between Mamma, Roberto and Alfredo,...

..we yell and scream all day long.

Except with Angelica. She just cries.

And then, finally, we all end up kissing.

Can you explain that to me?

(hits keys) Huh?

Because that's what love is all about.

It's a pain in the ass,...

..but it keeps us together.

A large...

..and beautiful...

(hits high note)

..family.

(Enzo plays wistful tune)

Enzo...

Yeah?

We've gotta quit this competition.

Why?

Cos... if we don't,...

..I'm gonna beat you.

(Enzo plays upbeat tune)

(laughs) Do you hear that?

(crunches ice)

- What?

- He looks me in the eye...

..like some f***ing goldfish...

..and says... ''I'm gonna beat you.''

(Jacques and Johana giggle drunkenly)

That's what you guys are here for.

Ha! Listen to her!

That's what he's here for! (laughs)

He's here to lose! That's what he's here for.

First of all, I am unbeatable.

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Luc Besson

Luc Besson is a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. He directed or produced the films Subway, The Big Blue, and Nikita. more…

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