ODYSSEY/L'ODYSSÉE (Jérôme Salle 2016)
For those who are in the mood for a glamorous, beautiful biopic, this one about the Calypso undersea explorer and US TV star will be worth watching. The problem is that though it apparently rubbed the Cousteau Society the wrong way and so declared no connection of approval at the end, it doesn't go deep enough in exploring Cousteau's tricky private life. We get hints that he had many affairs. Did he have another family? The dramatic highlight used to bookend the film is his conflict with his favorite son Philippe and the tragedy of Philippe's death piloting a seaplane. Philippe is played by rising star Pierre Niney of Yves Saint Laurent and Frantz, who's never looked more dashing and handsome. Audrey Tautou plays Yves-Jacques' alcoholic, long-suffering wife.
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