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THE DEEPEST BREATH

By Laura MCGANN

Action/Adventure - Completed 2022

A champion freediver and expert safety diver seemed destined for one another despite the different paths they took to meet at the pinnacle of the freediving world. A look at the thrilling rewards — and inescapable risks — of chasing dreams through the depths of the ocean.

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Sundance Film Festival 2023

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- Year of production
- 2022
- Genres
- Action/Adventure
- Countries
- UNITED KINGDOM, IRELAND
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Duration
- 108 mn
- Director(s)
- Laura MCGANN
- Synopsis
- Descending to remarkable depths below the sea on one single breath, Alessia Zecchini enters what she describes as the last quiet place on Earth. The Italian champion is determined to set a new world record in freediving, a dangerous extreme sport in which competitors attempt to reach the greatest depth without the use of scuba gear. Freedivers are often subject to blackouts upon ascent, necessitating the help of safety divers like Stephen Keenan, a free-spirited Irish adventurer who fell in love with the sport in Dahab, Egypt. Having formed a special bond on the freediving circuit, Alessia and Stephen train together to make an attempt on Dahab’s legendary Blue Hole and its challenging 85-foot-long tunnel 184 feet below the Red Sea, their fates inextricably bound together.
  
  Filmmaker Laura McGann deftly weaves together the parallel stories of Alessia and Stephen, capturing their preternatural diving ability and their nascent relationship against a stunning underwater backdrop. Immersed in the beauty, stillness, and peril of the deep, you’ll be holding your breath to see what happens next.

THE DEEPEST BREATH

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