Close your eyes, take a deep breath and slowly (in your
mind) count to 60. Don’t breathe, hold
your breath and just count … one, two, three and on and on. At 60 your whole body is telling you
“breathe, damn it, breathe, we’re going to die.”
For world champion free-diver Pierre Frolla, 60 seconds is just
baby stuff. While you’re screaming for
air at 60, he’s just getting warmed up!
In documentary filmmaker Philippe Gerard’s On a
Long Breath — heading to DVD courtesy of Cinema Libre on June 7 — we
spend 51 days with Pierra Frolla free-diving up to six minutes at a time in the
Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans … and for good measure in the Mediterranean
as well.
You read that right, “six minutes;” six full minutes
interacting with Moray Eels, Tiger Sharks and Sperm Whales. All of these amazing free-dives are
presented with spectacular underwater footage that puts you along side Pierre
as he swims, without fear, with these amazing creatures of the sea.
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