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The Silent World
Le Monde du silence
1956 · Film · documentary · 86 min
Directed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Louis Malle
Join renowned explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau as he investigates aquatic habitats worldwide, showcasing whales, sharks, and diverse marine life. The film highlights the brutal realities of nature while capturing the wonder of underwater exploration, as the team ventures into previously unseen ocean depths.
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Plenty of sources (in French). For example:
Anti-Semitism: https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1999/06/18/la-plongee-antisemite-du-commandant-jacques-yves-cousteau_3551090_1819218.html
Cousteau's first wife Simone was independently wealthy and financed his boat (Calypso) and expeditions. She lived on board most of the time (yet never appears on camera). But he had another secret family (with kids) on the shore with a former flight attendant, since the late 70s. Simone only learned about it in 1990. Letters were published where she asks a friend in disbelief if this can be true. She then died within a few months. Can't find the letters right now but I did read them then.
Critique of "Le Monde du silence": https://www.rtl.fr/culture/medias-people/video-pourquoi-le-monde-du-silence-de-cousteau-est-il-naivement-degueulasse-7779029379
In that movie from 1956 which won the Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or, the team blows a whole coral reef with dynamite in order to "count fish living in it". They also catch live sharks on board and kill them with shovels "because seamen don't like sharks".
You can watch the documentary and see for yourself.