The Odyssey

2016 122 min ★ 6.6 Adventure, Drama

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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Cast

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

Chloe Hirschman

Jan Cousteau

Adam Neill

David Wolper

Details

Director

Jérôme Salle

Screenplay

Jérôme Salle

Status

Released

Original Language

FR

Budget

$20,000,000

Revenue

$9,722,918

Production

Pan-Européenne, Fidélité Productions, Curiosa Films, Moana Films, Wild Bunch, TF1 Films Production, Casa Production, Versus Production, VOO, BeTV

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

May 15, 2024

★ 6/10

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 fam...