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.
- If you 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 if you 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 for you, 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 boat just 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 of air, but he's not breathing properly.
Hey, you gotta get him out of there 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?
In 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, 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 me Jacques Mayol.
Bye.
Are you Dr. Laurence?
No, I'm the assistant. Welcome to Peru.
Thank you.
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?
Thank you.
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'll have to talk to the driver.
In 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.
That's the sound of his heart.
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. - We just met a few minutes ago.
In the lake.
No, in the hut.
Then it must have been someone who looked a lot like you.
Thanks.
There's not a lot of time.
It's a present.
Thank you.
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 in Jersey, 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 of a 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 of fact...
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, of course 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 hear you!
I said the snowmobile papers are in the glove compartment.
Yes. Listen, just get the customs office to send me a copy as fast as possible.
We can't get you new equipment until our file's complete.
All right. You'll have them by the end of the week.
Great. You've made me a very happy insurance person. Thank you.
- All right. Good-bye. - Dr. Laurence?
- Yes? - You don't happen to know...
how I can get in touch with that diver of yours, 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.
If we prove the forgery, maybe we're off the 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 of this.
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.
Thank you. 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 127 years.
Be careful with that car. It's a new paint job, okay? Contessa.
Giacomino, my friend, my brother!
So you finally decided to join 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 is Jacques 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 of questions to ask me.
- Am I right? - Yeah, sure. Lots of questions.
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 off the walls.
So not married.
Good for you.
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 say you'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, thank you.
- 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 of Taormina'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, thank you.
- Just a coffee. - No, you should try it. It's good.
- Okay. - As I was telling you earlier...
I am the world champion free diver.
Some people say it's the most virile sport in the world.
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 if she 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 little Jacques?
Jacques Mayol. His friend, Johana.
She is beautiful, no?
Spaghetti del mare.
Thank you 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 l...
I don't know. I just thought...
You're... The competition. Interviews.
A competition like this requires a great deal of concentration.
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, the jacket.
- 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 and gentlemen, your attention, please.
Mr. Andre Bonnet...
President of the International Diving Championship Committee...
is going to present this trophy to the new world champion of free diving.
This afternoon our new champion descended...
to the remarkable depth of 310 feet.
A one-day hero.
Mr. President, if you please...
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 who just 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 of Jacques 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. She just 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 if we 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 of all, I am unbeatable.
Second...
- How old are you? - Two years younger than you.
As I said, second of all, you're too skinny.
You've got tiny lungs.
I still don't understand how you can dive without getting sick.
The size of the lungs has nothing to do with it.
"The size of the lungs has nothing to do with it."
How long can you hold your breath?
Longer than you.
We'll 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 of two-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 for you, Enzo.
I am meditating. Can't you see?
Jacques does two hours of yoga before going down!
I can have a five-minute nap!
Mr. Molinari...
I'm sorry, but you cannot dive in this state of exhaustion.
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?
Thank you.
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 of you.
- It's Jacques. - Jacques!
My friend, come on in.
Mr. Molinari, allow me to impress upon you...
the importance of your 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 of 324 feet...
will not be able to receive his trinket because he is...
- Hmm? - He is...
- Indisposed. - 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 hear you.
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...
Thank you.
What's the matter?
I have to ask you a favor.
We're not stealing a dolphin, huh?
No, I told you, we're just 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.
Three minutes.