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AdventureDrama

The Odyssey

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The aquatic adventure of the highly influential and fearlessly ambitious pioneer, innovator, filmmaker, researcher, and conservationist, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, covers roughly thirty years of an inarguably rich in achievements life.

Release Date : 2016-10-12

Language :EnglishFrenchItalian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Moana FilmsPan Européenne ProductionFidélité FilmsCuriosa Films

Production Country : France

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Lambert Wilson

Character Name : Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Original Name : Lambert Wilson

Gender : Male

Pierre Niney

Character Name : Philippe Cousteau

Original Name : Pierre Niney

Gender : Male

Audrey Tautou

Character Name : Simone Melchior Cousteau

Original Name : Audrey Tautou

Gender : Female

Laurent Lucas

Character Name : Philippe Tailliez

Original Name : Laurent Lucas

Gender : Male

Benjamin Lavernhe

Character Name : Jean-Michel Cousteau

Original Name : Benjamin Lavernhe

Gender : Male

Vincent Heneine

Character Name : Albert 'Bébert' Falco

Original Name : Vincent Heneine

Gender : Male

Thibault de Montalembert

Character Name : Etienne Deshaies

Original Name : Thibault de Montalembert

Gender : Male

Roger Van Hool

Character Name : Daniel Cousteau dit Daddy

Original Name : Roger Van Hool

Gender : Male

Chloe Hirschman

Character Name : Jan Cousteau

Original Name : Chloe Hirschman

Gender : Female

Adam Neill

Character Name : David Wolper

Original Name : Adam Neill

Gender : Male

Olivier Galfione

Character Name : Frédéric Dumas

Original Name : Olivier Galfione

Gender : Male

Martin Loizillon

Character Name : Henri Plé

Original Name : Martin Loizillon

Gender : Male

Ulysse Stein

Character Name : Philippe Cousteau (enfant)

Original Name : Ulysse Stein

Gender : Male

Rafaël de Ferran

Character Name : Jean-Michel Cousteau (enfant)

Original Name : Rafaël de Ferran

Gender : Male

Chloe Williams

Character Name : Eugénie Clark

Original Name : Chloe Williams

Gender : Female

Gérard Watkins

Character Name : Le maître de cérémonie

Original Name : Gérard Watkins

Gender : Male

Stephen Jennings

Character Name : Un producteur d'ABC

Original Name : Stephen Jennings

Gender : Male

Michael Bundred

Character Name : Un producteur d'ABC

Original Name : Michael Bundred

Gender : Male

Donnet Dumas

Character Name : Un producteur d'ABC

Original Name : Donnet Dumas

Gender : Female

Kevin Otto

Character Name : Un producteur d'ABC

Original Name : Kevin Otto

Gender : Male

Michael Kirch

Character Name : Un producteur d'ABC

Original Name : Michael Kirch

Gender : Male

Jean Teplitsky

Character Name : Serge Foulon - un cameraman

Original Name : Jean Teplitsky

Gender : Male

Marius Du Plooy

Character Name : André Laban

Original Name : Marius Du Plooy

Gender : Male

Paul Snodgrass

Character Name : Le copilote de Philippe Cousteau

Original Name : Paul Snodgrass

Gender : Male

Sue Dall

Character Name : Une admiratrice à New York

Original Name : Sue Dall

Gender : Female

Daniele Tripepi

Character Name : Le cuistot de la Calypso

Original Name : Daniele Tripepi

Gender : Male

Katie Farringer

Character Name : Une admiratrice à New York

Original Name : Katie Farringer

Gender : Female

Olga Du Toit

Character Name : La journaliste à la conférence de presse

Original Name : Olga Du Toit

Gender : Female

Danijela Vukovic

Character Name : La compagne de Philippe Tailliez

Original Name : Danijela Vukovic

Gender : Female

Richard Antrobus

Character Name : Le surveillant du pensionnat

Original Name : Richard Antrobus

Gender : Male

Tinarie Van Wyk-Loots

Character Name : L'assistante TV

Original Name : Tinarie Van Wyk-Loots

Gender : Female

Morné Visser

Character Name : Un journaliste TV

Original Name : Morné Visser

Gender : Male

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-05-15

Lambert Wilson is the innovative underwater explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau in this rather unremarkable depiction of his life and career. He is married to Simone (Audrey Tautou) but has a bit of a wandering eye so they become maritally estranged, even though they continue to live and workout on their converted WWII minesweeper "Calypso". Needless to say, this puts some strain on the rest of the family, not least upon his relationship with his publicity magnet, heart-throb, eldest Philippe (Pierre Niney). The latter man's character is used as a barometer a little here to measure the actions of his father. The exploration activities must face stark realities. Money is needed to buy the 1½ tons of fuel the ship needs each trip, and that's before wages and other costs associated with their more scientific endeavours have to be paid. This leads to Cousteau becoming more of a businessman with almost corporate responsibilities. It's those activities that see a split between father and son that lasts until a trip to the Antarctic that sees a well documented tragedy hit the family. For the most part this is a soap opera of a film with nowhere near enough focus on what made the man famous in the first place. There is some underwater photography to liven things up, and a sequence with an expanding group of sharks that's quite menacingly filmed, but there's not really enough of that to compensate for the listless melodrama that's played out. The camera does love Niney and Tautou, and Wilson is competent enough in what is essentially a light-weight and slightly adulatory tale of a man who was clearly much more interesting, flawed and charismatic than we see here.