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Becoming Cousteau

I think the twoof us were needing to have a new life, when we met

I think the two
of us were needing to have a new life, when we met

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I think the two of us were needing
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to have a new life, when we met.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
01:17:53
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Genres
documentary, adventure, biography
Production
National Geographic,The Cousteau Society,Story Syndicate,Ace Content,Diamond Docs,National Geographic Documentary Films

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Movie Summary

A look at the life, passions, achievements and tragedies surrounding the famous explorer and environmentalist Jacques Cousteau, featuring an archive of his newly restored footage.
It was not linked with anything romantic. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
It was not linked with anything romantic.
I was 31, and I was a diver. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
I was 31, and I was a diver.
So at that time, it was just about diving. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
So at that time, it was just about diving.
We had organized, what we called at the time, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
We had organized, what we called at the time,
And I went diving with a club, and she was there. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
And I went diving with a club, and she was there.
At that time, she had a brilliant career - Becoming Cousteau 00:10
At that time, she had a brilliant career
I think what Jacques wanted the most probably at that time - Becoming Cousteau 00:07
I think what Jacques wanted the most probably at that time
Not that he didn't have a family before, but because of the kind of life he had, - Becoming Cousteau 00:08
Not that he didn't have a family before, but because of...
And him, he was traveling everywhere, so there was no family, - Becoming Cousteau 00:08
And him, he was traveling everywhere, so there was no family...
It's a place where the family goes together, regularly. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
It's a place where the family goes together, regularly.
We knew a little bit about his relationship with Francine. - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
We knew a little bit about his relationship with Francine.
And Cousteau, during that time, he had two children with her. - Becoming Cousteau 00:07
And Cousteau, during that time, he had two children with her...
But we never talked about them. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
But we never talked about them.
"The last time we had dinner together, - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
"The last time we had dinner together,
"She had made the doctor promise not to tell me, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
"She had made the doctor promise not to tell me,
No man in the world could ever offer me what this vessel has. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
No man in the world could ever offer me what this vessel has...
And it's a wonder to pass my hand over the hull. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
And it's a wonder to pass my hand over the hull.
Its soul, the only reason for my being alive. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
Its soul, the only reason for my being alive.
Jacques never explained to anybody our private life. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
Jacques never explained to anybody our private life.
But he was getting worried that if anything happened to him, - Becoming Cousteau 00:07
But he was getting worried that if anything happened to him,