Freediver Documentary Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: After geopolitics forced him into exile, the world’s greatest living freediver, Alexey Molchanov, fights to reclaim his athletic glory and honor his iconic mother’s towering legacy by attempting the most dominant season in the history of the deadly sport. His near-suicidal quest to set five world records in under four months brings him to the farthest reaches of the globe and his mind, forcing him to reevaluate the very skills on which he has built his entire life.
Featuring: Alexey Molchanov
Watch Freediver on Digital December 6, 2024
Featuring: Alexey Molchanov
Watch Freediver on Digital December 6, 2024
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00:00As you go down and down and down, the heart rate starts dropping.
00:15There's an astonishing amount of pressure exerted on the lungs.
00:19You get dizzy and have visions that are not real.
00:23Divers themselves very much downplay the danger of the sport.
00:29I'm very competitive, always have been since I was a kid.
00:32Alexei is the greatest freediver in the world.
00:36If Alexei can get all five world records within the same season,
00:40it would be something that's never been done before.
00:43My mom was my coach since the beginning.
00:45Natalia Molchanova is widely considered the greatest freediver of all time.
00:49She'd had 41 world records and 23 world titles.
00:53They were like best friends.
00:54And now Alexei is training to follow in the footsteps of his mother.
00:58But that can be dangerous.
01:0040 meters, 50, 100, 140.
01:05Natalia was teaching in Spain and went down on a fun dive,
01:10and she didn't come back up.
01:12And I was so surprised to see Alexei was competing.
01:15I was thinking, oh my God, can you not take a year off or so?
01:20That was his way to overcome the pain.
01:24Alexei is going deeper than he has been before.
01:27He is going too far.
01:29Have you and your wife ever talked about what would happen if he did come back?
01:33No.
01:34I don't understand the reasoning for adding eight meters to a dive that you failed.
01:39Expect the dive time, four minutes.
01:42Alexei doesn't see himself in any danger.
01:45But does that Formula One driver think they could die when they get behind the wheel?
01:51There are risks we are willing to take and we get comfortable with.
01:54And because of that, we think that we're immune to them.
02:06When you have this physiological ticket to eternity, that would be addictive.