The Odyssey (2016)

10/12/2016Adventure, Drama2h 2m
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Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

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    Lambert Wilson

    Jacques-Yves Cousteau

  2. Cast 1

    Pierre Niney

    Philippe Cousteau

  3. Cast 1

    Audrey Tautou

    Simone Melchior Cousteau

  4. Cast 1

    Laurent Lucas

    Philippe Tailliez

  5. Cast 1

    Benjamin Lavernhe

    Jean-Michel Cousteau

  6. Cast 1

    Vincent Heneine

    Albert 'Bébert' Falco

  7. Cast 1

    Thibault de Montalembert

    Etienne Deshaies

  8. Cast 1

    Roger Van Hool

    Daniel Cousteau dit Daddy

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    Chloe Hirschman

    Jan Cousteau

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...

Status Released

Original LanguageFrench 

Budget$20,000,000.00

Revenue $9,722,918.00

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