That dark blue

Monroe 2022-04-19 09:02:14

At the end of the film, when Jacques had hallucinations and insisted on diving in the middle of the night, he said: "I have to go and see.." I know that Johana can't stop him, the sea is calling him, his dolphins are waiting for him, he is always theirs . Neither her "I love you" nor "I'm pregnant" could be a reason for him to stay ashore.

Falling in love with him is her doom.


Making love with her, he was distracted thinking of his sea. The dolphin is his beloved lover. He can suddenly leave her arms in the middle of the night and kiss and play with the dolphin in the sea all night until dawn. He looked at her with those pure eyes that were almost free of impurities, and said with a smile, "Happy". His happiest time was not with her, but with the dolphins.
He is so different, simple yet unpredictable.
He only said to her: "I think I love you." ..."I love you" is the most beautiful simple three words, without any modification, without adjectives, without attributives, without qualifiers, but he said: "I think...", love is uncertain, love is incomplete. I think, maybe he loves her, just not enough for his deep affection for the sea, for dolphins, for the pursuit of mermaids.
Enzo lost a dive, he said it was because of his brother, his mom, his girlfriend, everything on the shore distracted him in the water, so he lost... I thought Jacques would also lose because of Johanna, that I'm afraid it's only once. But no, the sea is far more important than her in his mind.


She was so reckless. love him.
When Johanna saw Jacques about to dive for the first time in Peru, the moment she met her life decided her future. In that icy world, his heartbeat captured her.
"I love you." She made no reservations.
Is it hard to love someone who loves the sea more than yourself? From Peru to Sicily to Greece, she followed him and lost her job for him. "My world is you. I love you. I want to live with you. I want to have a baby with you. I want to have a house with you. A car with you. A dog with you. You know?" he It was her whole world, but the center of his world was the sea. I've never loved so much, and I don't know if a woman who loves deeply always wants a child of his, or rather their child. I also don't know how strong this kind of feeling should be... I just feel sorry for this girl who is deep in it, giving but not getting a response.
"The end you did it alone." She should have known it was meant to be. His love is not her. The most beautiful smile is not for her, but for the dolphin.
She finally understood, so she let go. "Go! Go and see. My love."


This is actually the best ending. He is loyal to his soul, and he lives with the mermaid he seeks. And she gave him the freedom he wanted, so that he no longer had to find a reason to come up from the bottom of the sea. Maybe you can give Jacques the last line of "The Burning Years": "It's a good death." It's

just that I'm a layman, and I look forward to seeing the happy ending I think. The expectations are in vain, so I have a heart.


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The Big Blue quotes

  • [Waiting for Enzo]

    Roberto: It's not like him to be late. Of course, sometimes he doesn't show up at all.

  • [after a drunken breath holding contest]

    Jacques: Who won?

    Johanna: Who won what? The asshole award? Let me tell you, it was a tie!