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The Big Blue
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Johana Baker
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Roberto
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Priest
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Bonita
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Sally
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Alfredo
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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 a security office, has to go to Peru. There she meets Jacques who works for 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's than a human's. 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 notices a championship for divers that is supposed to take place in Taormina, Italy. In order to see Jacques again she makes up a story so the ... Written by Reiner Rosin <rosin@mi-lab.fh-furtwangen.de>
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The sea has a secret. [Australian poster] See more »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
19 August 1988 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Big Blue See more »Box Office
Budget:
FRF 80,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$14,234 (USA) (14 July 2000)Gross:
$3,500,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Technical Specs
Runtime:
(director's cut) | (original cut) | (edited)Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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Lyrics by Luc Besson
Composed by Eric Serra
Performed by Eric Serra
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Selected as the opening film at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. See more »Goofs
When Jacques jumps into the sea the night after the competition, it's clearly dark. Later one, when playing with a dolphin underwater, it's clearly bright outside, and then dark again when he's seen from outside the water again. See more »Quotes
Enzo: Ah, I was 17! I was so in love with her, I tried to die for her. Two years later I can't even remember her name. Time, erases everything.See more »
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MY LADY BLUELyrics by Luc Besson
Composed by Eric Serra
Performed by Eric Serra
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I have to watch this movie once a year just to calm my nerves. One of the few films to which I have also purchased the soundtrack. This film, like the sea which is its subject, hypnotizes you, seduces you, rocks you into a state of oneness with the lush scenery. Rosanna Arquette is beautiful and sexy in an uncharacteristically understated way. Barr makes the perfect beau and embodies the spirit of the film and the ocean. I fell in love with Jean Reno in this film. Unforgettable imagery, interesting premise, good chemistry between Arquette and Barr, and Reno is a joy to watch.
Masterfully directed by Luc Besson and a film to treasure.