Movie question.?!
Question: I saw this movie a LONG time ago so i dont remember the name. It was about an endurance diver (no breathing tank) who was trying to compete with another endurance diver. They would dive into the middle of the ocean and swim as far down as possible. There was a rope extending to the bottom of the ocean that the swimmers could only use as guidance. Later in the movie the main character was lying in bed looking up at the celing and then he got a nose bleed. Sound familier?
Answers: I saw this movie a LONG time ago so i dont remember the name. It was about an endurance diver (no breathing tank) who was trying to compete with another endurance diver. They would dive into the middle of the ocean and swim as far down as possible. There was a rope extending to the bottom of the ocean that the swimmers could only use as guidance. Later in the movie the main character was lying in bed looking up at the celing and then he got a nose bleed. Sound familier?
The Big Blue (1988) aka Le Grand Bleu
REVIEW from source:
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 scientist. He dives for some minutes into ice cold water and the scientist 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 firm sends her to Italy for business purposes. In Taormina there is also Enzo, the reigning diving world champion. He knows that only Jacques can challenge and probably beat him. This time Johanna and Jacques get closer, but Jacques, being more a dolphin than a man, can not really commit and his rivalry with Enzo pushes both men into dangerous territory.
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The ending you remember might mean that he had dived far too deep. Even with equipment, divers can get "the Bends", which often kills them.
I've seen this film listed on movie channels but haven't been able to catch it at the right time to watch it. At least, I guess this is the one you might be looking for.