I'm watching a movie called "No Limit" on Netflix.
It was loosely inspired by the events that led to the death of freediver Audrey Mestre and her relationship with freediving legend Pipin Fererras. I met Pipin and Audrey around 1998. Pipin had started the training agency IAFD, but he supported other agencies and programs, such as the freediving program I developed for PDIC at the time because it would help grow the sport and serve as a pipeline for him to get students to train beyond the basics.
After Audrey's death, two books came out about her fatal dive. One was written by Pipin (The Dive) and focused on their love story. The other was written by Pipin's business partner Carlos Serra (The Last Attempt) who accused Pipin of being negligent and responsible for Audrey's death. Even worse, Carlos accused Pipin of murder. Among his alleged victims was famed freediver Jacques Mayol who inspired the cult classic "The Big Blue."
Personally, I always liked Pipin, and he was definitely a hero in the sport. He's currently teaching through SNSI. My ex-girlfriend, on the other hand, was an IAFD instructor. She knew them fairly well and was closer to Audrey. She quit IAFD soon after the accident.
I'm one hour into the 2-hour film which is dubbed into English. Interesting and well done so far. It seems to be using source material from both Pipin's perspective and those of any detractors. It's definitely a bit overly dramatic like most film portrayals of diving, but "No Limits" is one of the best foreign films on Netflix. They did a great job with dubbing. You often can't tell unless you look for it. It has beautiful cinematography and the actress playing "Roxanna" isn't bad to look at either. Camille Rowe also was in the horror underwater film "The Deep House."
On Facebook, a friend just reminded me that he was a witness to some of the real-life events in the film. I never dove with them, just discussed the sport.
It was loosely inspired by the events that led to the death of freediver Audrey Mestre and her relationship with freediving legend Pipin Fererras. I met Pipin and Audrey around 1998. Pipin had started the training agency IAFD, but he supported other agencies and programs, such as the freediving program I developed for PDIC at the time because it would help grow the sport and serve as a pipeline for him to get students to train beyond the basics.
After Audrey's death, two books came out about her fatal dive. One was written by Pipin (The Dive) and focused on their love story. The other was written by Pipin's business partner Carlos Serra (The Last Attempt) who accused Pipin of being negligent and responsible for Audrey's death. Even worse, Carlos accused Pipin of murder. Among his alleged victims was famed freediver Jacques Mayol who inspired the cult classic "The Big Blue."
Personally, I always liked Pipin, and he was definitely a hero in the sport. He's currently teaching through SNSI. My ex-girlfriend, on the other hand, was an IAFD instructor. She knew them fairly well and was closer to Audrey. She quit IAFD soon after the accident.
I'm one hour into the 2-hour film which is dubbed into English. Interesting and well done so far. It seems to be using source material from both Pipin's perspective and those of any detractors. It's definitely a bit overly dramatic like most film portrayals of diving, but "No Limits" is one of the best foreign films on Netflix. They did a great job with dubbing. You often can't tell unless you look for it. It has beautiful cinematography and the actress playing "Roxanna" isn't bad to look at either. Camille Rowe also was in the horror underwater film "The Deep House."
On Facebook, a friend just reminded me that he was a witness to some of the real-life events in the film. I never dove with them, just discussed the sport.
