

The Big Blue
Danger...Like Passion...Runs Deep
Childhood friends Jacques and Enzo share a passion for the danger of free diving. Jacques, following in the footsteps of his father, who died at sea when Jacques was a boy, harbors a remarkable ability to adjust his heart rate and breathing patterns in the water, with his vital signs more closely resembling those of dolphins than men.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $13.5M
- Box office
- $4M
- Language
- English
- dying and death
- friendship
- suicide
- diving
- sports
- parent child relationship
- ocean
- italy
- competition
- oxygen
- sicily, italy
- dolphin
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG-1319 Aug 1988
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1524 Feb 1989
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalPG10 Nov 1988
BrazilBR
- Physical16VHS / DVD12 Jul 2004
- TV12Record31 Jan 2007
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical (limited)Film clubs only15 May 1994
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1126 Dec 1988
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1621 Oct 1988
FranceFR
- PremiereTPCannes Film Festival11 May 1988
- TheatricalTP11 May 1988
- TheatricalTPDirector's Cut11 Jan 1989
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1222 Sept 1988
- Theatrical12Best of Cinema6 Jun 2023
GreeceGR
- Theatrical1 Jul 1988
HungaryHU
- Theatrical122 Aug 1990
ItalyIT
- Theatrical27 Sept 2002
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The Big Blue was released on 10 May 1988.
Audience reviews
2- A6.5/10
Andres Gomez
12/3/2012
Introspective story with a good Jean Reno and innocent Rosanna Arquette. Sound track, for those loving Eric Sierra. Not for all tastes. A little bit too long but entartaining.
- F8/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
4/20/2023
**A film unjustly forgotten these days.** I confess that I didn't quite know what to expect from this movie. All I knew was that it was wildly successful in the decade it was released, and that nowadays hardly anyone remembers it. It is directed by Luc Besson, a French director whom I respect and consider competent. The screenplay is based on the relationship between Jacques and Enzo (I assume one will be Frenc…
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