Irish director Laura McGann has told RTÉ Entertainment that the reaction to her freediving documentary THE DEEPEST BREATH is “just incredible”, with the film currently the fifth most-watched movie on Netflix around the world. A word-of-mouth hit and also critically acclaimed, THE DEEPEST BREATH tells the story of the Irish expert safety diver Stephen Keenan and the Italian freediver Alessia Zecchini and their love for one of the most dangerous sports in the world, where devotees travel to the deep on a single breath.

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THE DEEPEST BREATH, which debuts on Netflix on July 19, tells the gripping, tragic story of two free divers, the world-record-holder Alessia Zecchini from Italy and her vigilant coach and safety expert, Stephen Keenan from Ireland. I won’t give away the nature of the tragedy, which took place in Dahab, Egypt, because McGann unspools it so suspensefully and movingly. But I will say that the documentary braids together many kinds of love: love between people, love of the ocean, love of excellence and adventure, love of original lives, love of tight-knit communities, and love of travel to places that are breathtaking, in both senses of the word.

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