The Odyssey

2016 • 2h 2m •

Adventure Drama

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★ 6.6/10

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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.

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Lambert Wilson

Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Pierre Niney

Philippe Cousteau

Audrey Tautou

Simone Melchior Cousteau

Laurent Lucas

Philippe Tailliez

Benjamin Lavernhe

Jean-Michel Cousteau

Vincent Heneine

Albert 'Bébert' Falco

Thibault de Montalembert

Etienne Deshaies

Roger Van Hool

Daniel Cousteau dit Daddy

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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 h...