Jacques,Jacques! Come quick'
- It's shining, It's shining! - Quick'Jacques'
- It's shining in the harbor! - Quick'
There, there, You see it ,Jacques?
- It's shining! - It's a coin
- It's mine, I saw it first! - No, you liar'
Okay, I'll get it, but no fighting. We'll split it
You can't split a coin It's stupid It's mine I saw it.
He's right You're stupid.
- We'll buy something and split that. - Okay
- Okay? - Okay
Can you stop pointing? I've seen it
I've seen it too.
Well, if it isn't the little Frenchman.
How is the little Frenchman?
Fine.
You don't mind if I go instead, do you?
No.
- Ifyou did mind, you'd tell me, no? - Yes
Good.
Roberto.
Count.
One.
Two Three.
Four.
Five Six.
- Seven-- - Bravo, Enzo, Bravo, Enzo!
Whose is it now?
You saw it' but I dove for it.
- Roberto, how long? - Six
I'll throw it back into the water
You dive, and ifyou do less than six, it's yours
Bravo.
Enzo, I saw the coin first. We split?
You can't split a coin' stupido!
Is it a coin shining there?
It is It's a coin.
I'll get it foryou' Father
It will be for the poor.
Father?
Time to get up'Jacques.
Shit.
Enzo!
Jacques!
- You shouldn't dive every day, Papa. - Then you shouldn't eat every day
Don't worry When I am tired.
the mermaids help me out.
Hey, have you ever seen a mermaid?
No.
I've seen them Don't you want to know where?
- Why don't you ask me? - What?
Where I saw mermaids.
Why don't you ever ask any questions?
I'm always the one asking the question.
Here we are like two stones. Now I'm talking to myself
Ask me something, goddamn it!
Why did my mother leave?
Pump.
Your mother didn't leave.
She went back to America' that's all
It's her home.
Women are like that--
unpredictable.
like the sea.
A leak, No!
Help'Jacques!
No, the water! Water'
Help' I can't breathe!
No!
Daddy, Daddy!
What? Stay here'Jacques!
Mr Molinari?
Yes How did it happen?
Well, the company asked me to extract everything I could from the wreck
So the divers were trying to get at the engine
and the boatjust turned over in the current!
Look, I fucked up!
Look!
Can you help?
- How many are down there? - There's just one
We're feeding him lots ofair' but he's not breathing properly.
Hey, you gotta get him out ofthere fast'
Ten thousand.
- Lira? - Dollars.
Hey, wait a minute.
You guys aren't gonna try to hold me up at a time like this.
Okay, you tell me.
How much would you say a man's life is worth?
I n my village, we have a saying.
How does it go again?
- I don't remember - What's that supposed to mean?
Forget it.
Force, eh?
Since we have a little time' you write that check?
- How much longer can he do that? - My brother is a world champion
Sign.
Bravo, Bravo!
Thanks, Bravo!
Hey, Wait' Wait a minute!
Wait a minute' Wait, you guys, Hey!
Hey, thanks, you guys.
Really I mean it.
You're welcome.
Enzo, what you gonna do with the money?
Have the car painted.
But Giuseppe will do that for $25.
Then tell him to wax it too.
Enzo, really' what you gonna get?
A rosary for Mamma. A dress for Angelica
Get yourself a suit that fits.
But most important--
Yes?
Find me the Frenchman.
Find meJacques Mayol.
Bye.
Are you Dr Laurence?
No, I'm the assistant. Welcome to Peru
Thankyou.
Here.
- A drink to warm up? - Yes, please
- Tea or whiskey? - Both
Did I just see a man in a red suit and goggles?
Right.
- The insurance person is here. - It's about time
-Johana Baker - Nice trip, huh?
Thankyou.
It's three weeks since the accident. We're getting a little anxious
Frank, you better get out there. He's about ready to go in
Right.
First dive, two minutes.
Who--
- Who is that? - Mayol
Jacques Mayol.
Those are your experiments? Dumping a guy in a frozen lake?
The truck fell into a very deep crevasse.
We weren't able to rescue the equipment.
I'lI have to talk to the driver
I n the spring' when he melts.
You really send him under the ice?
He isn't a slave or a convict or anything, is he?
My dear, science is a cruel mistress.
- How is he gonna breathe? - He isn't
Listen.
Can you hear the speed at which it's slowing down?
That's incredible.
He's in the fluoroscope now.
Listen to his heartbeat.
I can't believe that.
All the blood is concentrated in his brain
It doesn't even feed his limbs anymore
That's a phenomenon that's only been observed in whales and dolphins
until now.
Why is he doing this?
I don't know.
Shouldn't someone take him a blanket or something?
Coffee?
- I know you - Wejust met a few minutes ago.
I n the lake.
No, in the hut.
Then it must have been someone who looked a lot like you
Thanks.
There's not a lot oftime.
It's a present.
Thankyou.
You're not gonna open it?
- You here for a long time? - No
- Where do you live? - New York
Well, it's been nice meeting you
It's nice meeting you too.
I'll only be five minutes.
Clown.
It's a llama.
Darjeeling.
I missed you rascals.
Jacques, my friend.
How are you?
Enzo?
I leave you swimming, and 20 years later you're still in the water
What the hell are you doing' training?
Yeah.
Good.
Check out the suit. Looking good, no?
- You know I am the world champion? - Yeah, I know
The world championship starts in ten days in Taormina
Be my guest.
Your ticket.
Why?
Because I'm sure you're dying to beat me.
You're the best, Enzo.
See you there.
Come on, let's go, let's go!
Go park inJersey, you asshole! Come on, come on, come on'
I gotta get movin'' I gotta make a livin, here!
Oh, God Shit.
I changed the lock' you son ofa bitch'
Sally, It's me.
- Where have you been? - Peru
We were burgled.
They got the television set. They got the new stereo
They got the ring my grandma gave me.
I hate New York.
I hate this apartment.
- I hate you - How was your trip?
It was nice It was--
It was interesting.
It was cold.
You got a picture of him?
Matter offact--
What the fuck is that?
It's his heartbeat.
I'm gonna make some coffee.
They left the stove.
He had the most beautiful eyes.
It's funny.
It was like a fairy tale.
You know the French They're very romantic people.
He's not French. He's American
His mother's American Haven't you been listening to anything I said?
Yeah I've been listening all night.
It sounds like you're in love.
But everybody knows there's no such thing as love at first sight.
You ate all the ice cream.
This is good This is very good.
Very, very good. Very good
Unfortunately' it's incomplete.
-Johana. - What?
- Am I boring you? - No, ofcourse not.
Definitely not What did you say?
I said that this file is incomplete, okay?
Why don't you go back to Laurence and get the registration?
Okay? Don't let him tell you it's in the glove compartment.
- That guy was really frozen? - Like a Popsicle
They're keeping him on a stick till spring
Glad I didn't go.
I can't hearyou!
We can't get you new equipment until our file's complete
All right You'lI have them by the end ofthe week
Great You've made me a very happy insurance person Thankyou
- All right Good-bye. - Dr Laurence?
- Yes? - You don't happen to know.
how I can get in touch with that diver ofyours'Jacques Mayol?
The last I heard' he was in Taormina.
at the World Diving Championships in Sicily
Sicily?
Duffy? We've got big problems in Sicily.
- What do you mean? - Oh, God, the Mafia
The Mafia The Cosa Nostra De Niro' Coppola, Pacino I mean, I knew it
- We shouldn't have written that policy. - What happened?
- The documents are forged. - No
Yes The notary is a phony.
He's got the same signature as the contractor
- That can't be true! - Well, it is
We gotta send someone there immediately.
Ifwe prove the forgery' maybe we're offthe hook.
There's a plane in four hours to Rome.
and from there it's a short trip to Sicily.
I'm gonna call Cordoza He's gonna get us out ofthis.
No, I called him His son is being bar mitzvahed tomorrow.
- Oh, damn his son! - I'll go
- You'd do that? - Yeah, I'll go
Thankyou I thought it was Spanish you spoke.
Italian is practically the same thing
Thanks a lot.
Mayol, Mayol, Mayol. No reservation
- Are you sure? - Positive, sir
- This is the Hotel San Domenico? - It has been so for 1 27 years
Be careful with that car It's a new paintjob, okay? Contessa.
Giacomino, my friend' my brother'
So you finally decided tojoin us. You did the right thing
You remember my little brother' Roberto?
- Hi - Hi, Roberto.
- What room have you got? - I haven't got one
You don't have a room? Paolo?
What did I just hear?
I personally call you to reserve a room for my good friend
and you treat him like a stranger
- It's okay I'll go somewhere else. - Not only isJacques Mayol
a very special friend.
but he happens to be one of the best divers in the world'
And you throw him out! Are you crazy or what?
Drop it, Enzo I'll find something.
Take mine I'll take the countess's suite.
She told me she was leaving for the cemetery
She'll be more comfortable there.
I'm glad you're here.
So after all these years, you must have lots ofquestions to ask me
- Am I right? - Yeah, sure Lots ofquestions.
Well, what are they?
I don't know how to ask the questions.
- You married? - No, no, no
Me neither' because of my mother.
She's a curse, my mother. Tornado
Stubborn as a mule.
I was engaged for a week.
After that, Mamma was so mad' the pasta was bouncing offthe walls.
So not married.
Good foryou.
You play the field like me. A girl in every port, huh?
- After all, we're men. - Damn right'
That's what I tell them when people sayyou've turned into a fish.
People say that?
Forget it I was joking!
I'll bet you my watch that she's in my bed tonight.
Hello.
- Hey, you know each other? - Yes
Enzo Molinari This is a great pleasure.
Johana Baker Nice to meet you. This is a coincidence
It's unbelievable All the way out here.
It's incredible I can't believe it.
Uh, would you like to sit down?
Yes, thankyou.
- I'm not interrupting anything, am I ? - No, not at all Emilio
- You staying at the hotel? - No, they're all full
But they recommended a pension in town. They say all ofTaormina's full
It's the Free Diving World Championship. I am, by the way, world champion
- What are you doing in Sicily? - An insurance investigation
I decided to take a few days off' see the island
There is no place in the world more beautiful than Sicily
A spaghetti del mare for the super dedicated.
- traveling insurance agent. - Oh, no, thankyou
-J ust a coffee - No, you should try it It's good.
- Okay - As I was telling you earlier.
I am the world champion free diver
One has to admit when you see those men diving head first
in that deep blue sea, all muscles contracted in one super human effort--
- What? - Mamma.
She'll kill me ifshe catches me eating pasta in a restaurant
- Bullshit. - Eat
Mamma!
Mamma, Roberto and an elevator-- Isn't that enough?
Coffee only I'm diving tomorrow. You remember littleJacques?
Jacques Mayol His friend'Johana.
She is beautiful, no?
Spaghetti del mare.
Thankyou very much.
I'm so hungry.
Good.
This is it.
It's great.
So you're going to be really busy these days, huh?
I don't know.
Why?
Because I--
I don't know I just thought--
You're-- The competition. I nterviews
A competition like this requires a great deal ofconcentration
Doesn't it?
Yeah.
You can put down the bags now.
Thanks.
We have to get ready for the ceremony tonight.
The Tahitian is the new world champion.
I'm tired I don't feel like it.
Roberto, thejacket.
- This one? - Yes
Very good.
What about the shoes?
Very chic.
- You don't have anything else, do you? - No
Then it's very chic.
- Hi. - Hi.
Ladies andgentlemen' yourattention, please?
Mr Andre Bonnet.
President ofthe I nternational Diving Championship Committee.
isgoing topresent this trophy to the new worldchampion offree diving.
This afternoon our new champion descended.
to the remarkable depth of3 1 0 feet
A one-day hero.
Mr. President' if youplease--
A new world record. That's great
It gives me something to beat tomorrow
- You ever been to Tahiti? - No
I'll take you there We'll live in the sun You'll cook fresh fish.
We'll make love under the coconut trees.
How about you do the cooking?
- And you forgot the hula. - Excuse me
He looks strange, doesn't he? Like a baby whojust learned to walk.
- Have you known him long? - Forever
We used to live on the same island in Greece when we were kids
What was he like when he was little?
Little, very little.
That is' compared to me.
I get it, Enzo You were a superior child.
Exactly.
What is it'Johana? You're so crazy about him, you don't see the truth.
Don't think ofJacques as a human being
He's from another world.
And just what world are you from, Enzo?
Okay.
And now, my friends, you are invited for a drink around the swimming pool.
Today at lunch you asked me if I had any questions
Ah, You finally want to know about women.
Are they what's most important?
No.
It depends.
Sometime they are.
What exactly do you want to know?
Everything.
Everything about what?
About everything.
So between Mamma, Roberto, and Alfredo' we yell and scream all day long
Except with Angelica. Shejust cries
And then, finally' we all end up kissing.
Can you explain that to me?
Huh?
Because that's what love is all about.
It's a pain in the ass.
but it keeps us together.
A large.
and beautiful.
family.
- Enzo - Yeah?
We gotta quit this competition.
Why?
Because ifwe don't I'm gonna beat you.
Do you hear that?
What?
He looks me in the eye like some fucking goldfish.
and says' " I'm gonna beat you"
Oh, my God.
Hmm That's what you guys are here for.
Listen to her That's what he's here for.
He's here to lose That's what he's here for.
First ofall, I am unbeatable.
Second--
- How old are you? - Two years younger than you.
As I said, second ofall' you're too skinny
You've got tiny lungs.
I still don't understand how you can dive without getting sick
The size ofthe lungs has nothing to do with it.
"The size ofthe lungs has nothing to do with it"
How long can you hold your breath?
Longer than you.
We'lI see.
Hey, Take it easy! Jesus'
Thanks.
What are you, nuts?
- Let me help you with this. - Who won?
Won what? The asshole award? It was a tie
Acting like a pair oftwo-year-olds
You could have died in that pool
Stop moving You're rocking the boat.
Luckily, I was there to save you.
My wallet.
It's here.
No, no, no I want to show you Give it to me.
Sit down.
That's my family.
What kind of man.
has such a family?
It's okay.
It's all right.
All the medics are looking foryou, Enzo.
I am meditating. Can't you see?
Jacques does two hours ofyoga before going down'
I can have a five-minute nap!
Mr Molinari.
I'm sorry, but you cannot dive in this state ofexhaustion
What do you know about this? Nothing
So you just take your tubes and your tin cans away
The sea is mine.
I know when she is ready for me and when she isn't
And today she's ready.
You dive at your own risk.
Bravo.
One minute.
Three, two, one.
Your pants are too big for me.
Where are they?
Thankyou.
Where is everybody?
They're gone.
Something's wrong.
You can't do that.
What's the matter?
I don't understand We've tried for two days.
They won't eat They won't perform.
It's since we got the new one.
It's finished for today.
She's the new one.
How can you tell it's a female?
The way she moves.
Help!
Jacques, help me.
Help me up. Help me--
Don't be sad I only took back what was mine.
Here A present.
Tonight we're having a little party among ourselves.
8:00 in my suite.
Mr Roberto' tell your brother to be reasonable.
Everybody's waiting for him upstairs
He can't He's indisposed.
- Shall we call a doctor? - She's trying something.
Oh, Mr Mayol, help us.
He refuses to receive his medal' and everybody's waiting for him.
- I'll do my best - That's very kind ofyou.
- It'sJacques. -Jacques'
My friend, come on in.
Mr Molinari, allow me to impress upon you
the importance ofyour attending the award ceremony for the press.
I think my brother told you I was indisposed
That should do it, no? I am allowed to be indisposed.
Right? So you just go tell the press that the big Enzo Molinari
overwhelmed by his inspiring descent of324 feet
will not be able to receive his trinket because he is--
- Hmm? - He is--
- I ndisposed. - Brava?
-Jacques, my friend' - Why don't you go pick up your medal?
Because pasta should be eaten al dente!
Let me know how you find it.
Yes, I'm still here I can hardly hearyou.
Almost everything is almost-- Yeah Two, maybe three days
But, um--
No, I'm in a restaurant. What?
Okay, I'll call you back. I promise Tomorrow
Okay Okay.
Yes!
My office in New York It's really busy back there.
I have so much work to do.
- Is it good? - You want some?
Ah, no, I'm--
Thankyou.
What's the matter?
I have to askyou a favor.
We're not stealing a dolphin, huh?
No, I told you' we'rejust helping one out.
Trying to help one out.
Yes.
Good.
Yeah Stairs!
You can stop that now She has all the water she needs.
All right, we did it Let's go back to the party.
Five minutes That's all, okay?
Well, then, good night.
Good night.
- Good night'Jacques. - Good night
You don't need a stretcher to take her with you
- You know that? - What?
The dolphins aren't the only ones who don't feel very good sometimes.
Jacques, can I come watch you dive tomorrow?
Yeah.
Good.
You really do have a few things to learn about women.
What do those guys do?
They are paramedics.
They wait at 200 feet.
And him?
That is the diver who goes below 300 feet.
He dives with a helium oxygen mixture.
Compressed air is too dangerous.