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No Limits

2013 · 60 min

A calm, absorbing plunge into obsession and risk, where the sea feels both liberating and quietly threatening.

Directed by
Alison Ellwood
Genres
Documentary
Overview
Suffering from scoliosis as a teenager, Audrey Mestre found freedom in the ocean. Years later, she discovered another reason to love the water: the elusive, often raucous free diver Pipin Ferreras. As Mestre follows Ferreras's almost spiritual quest to push his limits underwater, she moves from supporter to ardent free diver to world-class competitor. Then a challenge from a rival pushes the couple to the brink of what is possible, both above and below the surface.

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Directed by
Alison Ellwood
Genres
Documentary
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    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • ambition
    • obsession
    • love
    • survival
    • death
    Places
    • sea
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
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    Action3
    Horror2
    Humour2
    Realism9
    Romance5
    Tension6
    Darkness4
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight7

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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Alison Ellwood
    Runtime
    60 min
    Country
    United States of America

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