# The Odyssey (2016)

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**Original title**: *L'Odyssée*
**Runtime**: 122 min
**Genres**: Adventure, Drama
**Directed by**: Jérôme Salle
**Written by**: Laurent Turner, Jérôme Salle
**Starring**: Lambert Wilson, Pierre Niney, Audrey Tautou, Laurent Lucas, Benjamin Lavernhe, Vincent Heneine

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Jacques Cousteau meets Werner Herzog. A single inventor’s lifelong dive into the deep chronicles his obsession with filming unseen worlds.

From archival footage to family drama it tracks one man’s quest to turn the ocean into a living screen.

Jacques’ granddaughter carries this intimate epic of saltwater and sunlight.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, epic, tender

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