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The Big Blue

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The Big Blue	comment	Luc Besson was once a diver before an accident forbade him to continue. It inspired him to write and direct this movie, which was released in 1988 and starred Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno, Rosanna Arquette and Paul Shenar. Éric Serra composed the soundtrack.It is about the Real Life rivalry between Jacques Mayol and Enzo Maiorca, pioneers in the world of breath-hold deep diving.
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The Big Blue / int_127fc252	comment	Creator Cameo: Luc Besson appears as one of the competing freedivers.
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The Big Blue / int_1282bf4f	type	No Celebrities Were Harmed
The Big Blue / int_1282bf4f	comment	No Celebrities Were Harmed: The character of Enzo Molinari is based on real-life Enzo Maiorca, but his full name is not used because he did not allow it. He would later sue the production company to ban the film in Italy.
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The Big Blue / int_191a3673	type	Graceful Loser
The Big Blue / int_191a3673	comment	Graceful Loser: When his record is beaten by Jacques, Enzo accepts it with dignity and even gives presents to Jacques: a dolphin sculpture and a tape measure of one meter that represents the difference between their records.
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The Big Blue / int_2a2d62a0	type	Talking Down the Suicidal
The Big Blue / int_2a2d62a0	comment	Talking Down the Suicidal: In the end, Johana talks to Jacques and tries to convince him not to dive in the depths of the sea, but eventually she realizes that he is determined to do it and she pulls the release cord for the dive ballast, which sends Jacques to the depths.
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The Big Blue / int_2e9641d7	type	Flashback Echo
The Big Blue / int_2e9641d7	comment	Flashback Echo: When Enzo has a diving accident, a short flashback shows that Jacques remembers the death of his father in another diving accident.
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The Big Blue / int_330841a2	type	Burial at Sea
The Big Blue / int_330841a2	comment	Burial at Sea: Jacques brings Enzo's body in the depths of the sea, as he requested.
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The Big Blue / int_42215dce	type	Ambiguous Ending
The Big Blue / int_42215dce	comment	Ambiguous Ending: In the European version, the ending strongly implies that Jacques dies, because he dives at a great depth and follows a dolphins in the vast blackness of the deep ocean, but his death is not shown. The American version. Jacques swims with a dolphin from an insane depth up to the surface and swims with said dolphin under the moonlight. Roll credits.
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The Big Blue / int_434d893c	type	Funny Foreigner
The Big Blue / int_434d893c	comment	Funny Foreigner: The Japanese team is ridiculed: a large group of trainers surrounds the freediver and encourages him noisily. Eventually the champion feels faint before diving. Enzo and his brother applaud them sarcastically.
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The Big Blue / int_4c6f26c	type	Socially Awkward Hero
The Big Blue / int_4c6f26c	comment	Socially Awkward Hero: Jacques dares to dive at great depths without hesitation, but it is very difficult for him to start dating a girl (even if said girl is obviously interested in him) and to maintain the relationship.
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The Big Blue / int_4e3d253b	type	Downer Ending
The Big Blue / int_4e3d253b	comment	Downer Ending: The European version. Jacques is victorious in getting a world record depth of 400 feet (121.92 meters), however, his friend, Enzo, dies trying to beat his record in the competition, and after burying his friend and competitor at sea, Jacques experiences side effects of his last deep dive and ends his life following a dolphin in the vast blackness of the deep ocean, leaving a pregnant Joanna behind.
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The Big Blue / int_53968093	type	Wet Blanket Wife
The Big Blue / int_53968093	comment	Wet Blanket Wife: Johana would like to live a normal life with Jacques and would like him to stop his dangerous dives.
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The Big Blue / int_615fdb1f	type	Dream Sequence
The Big Blue / int_615fdb1f	comment	Dream Sequence: Near the end of the film, Jacques dreams that the ceiling of his bedroom turns into a body of water.
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The Big Blue / int_66dfe36a	type	Missing Mom
The Big Blue / int_66dfe36a	comment	Missing Mom: Jacques's mother left him and his father because she could not stand the life of shellfish harvesters.
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The Big Blue / int_6b7e3069	type	Birth-Death Juxtaposition
The Big Blue / int_6b7e3069	comment	Birth-Death Juxtaposition: Just after Enzo's death, a doctor tells Johana that she is pregnant.
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The Big Blue / int_6d332aea	type	Driven to Suicide
The Big Blue / int_6d332aea	comment	Driven to Suicide: After witnessing the death of his friend Enzo, Jacques realizes that he does not belong to the human society. He dives at a great depth, lets go of his harness and follows a dolphins in the vast blackness of the deep ocean.
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The Big Blue / int_8411ab92	type	Red Oni, Blue Oni
The Big Blue / int_8411ab92	comment	Red Oni, Blue Oni: Enzo is a boisterous, fun-loving guy, contrasted to the cool, aloof Jacques.
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The Big Blue / int_8ce68789	type	Rambunctious Italian
The Big Blue / int_8ce68789	comment	Rambunctious Italian: Enzo is loud and hot-blooded.
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The Big Blue / int_94e4b975	type	Vomit Indiscretion Shot
The Big Blue / int_94e4b975	comment	Vomit Indiscretion Shot: Enzo is shown vomiting when he is taken out of the pool where he drank champagne with Jacques.
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The Big Blue / int_99828ce6	type	Nature Hero
The Big Blue / int_99828ce6	comment	Nature Hero: Jacques spends a lot of time in the sea, has an affinity with dolphins and says that they are his family. He can communicate with them and immediately realizes that a dolphin is homesick at Taormina delphinarium. He has more difficulty to communicate with humans.
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The Big Blue / int_a8dcb1d7	type	Love at First Sight
The Big Blue / int_a8dcb1d7	comment	Love at First Sight: Johana falls in love immediately when she meets Jacques in Peru.
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The Big Blue / int_aa71716b	type	Ambulance Cut
The Big Blue / int_aa71716b	comment	Ambulance Cut: Jacques and Enzo, who are already drunk, are shown drinking a bottle of champagne in apnea at the bottom of a swimming pool. Cut to paramedics carrying Jacques and Enzo on stretchers.
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The Big Blue / int_b58c51d8	type	My Beloved Smother
The Big Blue / int_b58c51d8	comment	My Beloved Smother: Enzo's mother controls him. She does not let him eat pasta prepared by someone else.
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The Big Blue / int_bf8daa02	type	Better with Non-Human Company
The Big Blue / int_bf8daa02	comment	Better with Non-Human Company: Jacques has a special bond with dolphins and has difficulties to develop relationships with humans. At some point he says that dolphins are his family.
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The Big Blue / int_c74c35f4	type	Monochrome Past
The Big Blue / int_c74c35f4	comment	Monochrome Past: The first part of the movie in 1960s Greece is black and white footage. Only the film's title sequence is blue. The main part of the film, which is set in the 1980s, is in colour.
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The Big Blue / int_d6618014	type	Last Request
The Big Blue / int_d6618014	comment	Last Request: A dying Enzo asks Jacques to bring his body in the depths of the sea.
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The Big Blue / int_e4b69188	type	Very Loosely Based on a True Story
The Big Blue / int_e4b69188	comment	Very Loosely Based on a True Story: The story is based on the real-life rivalry and friendship between Jacques Mayol and Enzo Maiorca, but most of the events depicted in the film are made up. Moreover, Jacques and Enzo are depicted as kids in 1965 and as adults in their prime in 1988, whereas Jacques Mayol and Enzo Maiorca were born in 1927 and 1931 respectively.
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The Big Blue / int_ef20d7bc	type	A Minor Kidroduction
The Big Blue / int_ef20d7bc	comment	A Minor Kidroduction: The prologue is set in the 1960s, when Jacques and Enzo were children.
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The Big Blue / int_f1356f5e	type	Speaks Fluent Animal
The Big Blue / int_f1356f5e	comment	Speaks Fluent Animal: Jacques can communicate with dolphins and immediately realizes that one of them is homesick at Taormina delphinarium.
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The Big Blue / int_fbd5fda1	type	Friendly Rivalry
The Big Blue / int_fbd5fda1	comment	Friendly Rivalry: Jacques and Enzo are close friends despite knowing that sooner or later they will have to prove which one is the best in the world.
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