Sous emprise (2022)
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Cast
Sofiane Zermani, Camille Rowe, César Domboy, Zacharie Chasseriaud, Muriel Combeau
A young woman drawn to freediving becomes the focus of a record-setting diver who trains and manipulates her.
The story
Roxana is drawn into the world of freediving and falls under the influence of Pascal, a diver who trains and manipulates her. Pascal has broken several no-limit freediving records, but an incident during his ascent leads to him being forbidden from continuing. He then asks Roxana to attempt to break the diving record, drawing her into a high-stakes pursuit shaped by his ambitions and control.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The screenplay is inspired by the true story of freedivers Francisco Ferreras and his wife, Frenchwoman Audrey Mestre, who died during a controversial attempt to set a world record in diving in 2002. Roxana, a young woman drawn to the world of diving, falls under the control of Pascal, a diver who trains and manipulates her. Pascal breaks several no-limit freediving records, but after an incident during his ascent, he is forbidden from continuing. He then asks Roxana to try to break the diving record.
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