Diving aka Plonger, based on the novel by Cristophe Ono-dit-Biot - 8 out of 10

Diving aka Plonger, based on the novel by Cristophe Ono-dit-Biot 
8 out of 10


Small films can offer great joy.

This may make one think of the Groucho Marx joke, presumably made upon leaving a party, when addressing the host:

Thank you!
I had a wonderful time...
Only not this time!

Plonger does have plenty of good, serene, even resplendent moments.
The imagery of Diving, in the dark, or the divine blue of the aquatic medium is nec plus ultra.

The love story between Cesar and Paz Aguilera is a joy to watch.
In a film documentary about American Cinema, Sydney Pollack talks about how difficult it is to film love.

He mentions The Way We Were and states that falling in and out of love is easy, when compared with the peak, the zenith.
Cesar and Paz seem to have no period of accommodation, of preparation.

It is love at first sight.
Even if that concert has been explained in terms of meeting many women and men, then finding in many elements that we like, which then come together in the Snow White or Prince Charming we then fall in love with at 'first or millionth sight'.

Paz is actually the name the heroine takes, for she had been called Dolores aka pain.
They have a baby, but then their infatuation seems to wane.

Even before giving birth, Paz had wanted to go to Yemen.
Cesar opposed this.

The woman photographer would eventually depart.
Later on, Cesar is called, for something bad might have happened to her, during a...

Plonger

Interestingly, we find that Diving can be...addictive.