‘The Deepest Breath Trailer: Competitive Free Divers Get The Spotlight (Video)
Italian editor Alicia Zecchini and her best friend, respected Irish diver Stephen Keenan, star in the first trailer for the Netflix documentary Deepest Breath. The film opens in select theaters on July 14 and will be available on streaming devices on July 19.
Based on official Netflix review. Freediving champion Alicia Zecchini fell in love with the sport as a child in Italy. A talented and determined instructor, she excelled in pool and open water competitions before she was old enough to practice law. Diver Stephen Keenan grew up close to the sea, but as a young man he went in search of himself, traveling through Africa before reaching Dahab, Egypt, and establishing a diving school. In very different ways, they rise to the top of the competitive world of freediving, find a shared passion to push their limits, and form a powerful relationship that seems doomed.
The synopsis continues "This fascinating documentary from director Laura McGann chronicles one of the world's most dangerous sports, using everything from underwater footage to children's home movies to chronicle the lives and careers of Zeccini and Keenan." "The bond between the two leads the film's emotional journey into the calm and wondrous depths of the sea, an exotic place unseen by all but the fortunate few, where exciting accomplishments and inevitable dangers await."
The film is directed by McGann and produced by John Baycek, Sarah Thomson, Jamie D'Alton, and Ann McLaughlin. Executive producers include Bart Layton, Ben Kutner, and Emily Osborne. Robert Ford Associate Producer.
In TheWrap's review of the Sundance document, Simon Abrams writes: "Zekini and Keenan's experience is usually defined by the high stakes they take when they go more than 100 meters underwater." Zecini didn't even appear in the on-camera interview, though he did. He clearly survived and Keenan didn't, a narrative development that tells us more about Deepest Breath's creators than its subject matter."
