Quite nice cinematically, typically French and good if you're in a deep and thoughtful mood, but with some quite depressing themes so not one to cheer anyone up! This is exactly the sort of 'world' film that I like to watch by myself because no one else woukd watch it with me - it was dubbed but I might have actually preferred original French with subtitles as it keeps the arty quality.

There were a lot of things I found frustrating and nonsensical about the storyline until I wondered whether it was based on a real person, and then it started to make sense because real life is full of awful choices and watching flawed people make decisions that are hard to fathom.

Honestly so much of the story had me thinking 'that would never happen' that you pretty much couldn't make it up.

The main characters are often a bit unlikeable in my opinion and the ones that are decent seem to get the rough end of the deal... Unfortunately true to life you might think.

I do like the sea though, and it was interesting to learn about the sport and the psychology around it. I quite liked it but again, you'd need to be in the mood for something pretty slow but dramatic!

Based on the life and death of Audrey Mestre. Why didn't anyone help this woman up from her tragic final dive??? I understand they couldn't give her oxygen, but what is the point of having divers all along the diving route if they don't at least jump in and HELP HER UP in an emergency? They could have saved her life! Why didn't they? A life is more important than a stupid record! And the audacity of the little WORM who killed her suing Netflix because it makes him 'look bad'!! And the audacity of the few trolls on here defending him!! Evil!! This poor woman.... a life lost much too soon, at an age where you're lacking the wisdom to identify the snakes among us, which her 'partner' was. Rest in peace young lady, you deserved better and we're failed by many.

Many of the other reviewers have completely overlooked the fact that this film is based on the life, of Audrey Mestre. I'm not going to go into detail, you can do that yourself - it's a very easy wiki look up.

Suffice to say that apart from details like dates and locations, the film is consistent with the main aspects of actual events. The thing that prompted me to look this up was the ending. I couldn't find any information on her husband, but according to the record, he was, in fact, the last person to check the air supply for the lift back up.

As for the film itself, I think it's excellent; outstanding cinematography, a very definite sense of suspense and jeapordy without being overly dramatic and the acting is good, so good that every single actor is completely believable.

So much so that I found myself shouting at the TV, asking Pascal wtf his problem was, why was he so jealous, so twisted that he had to do that? Was there an equipment failure? Although that would seem very strange for such an experienced team.

Anyhoo, its well worth a watch, and I will always spare a thought whenever I see the ocean.