[Luc Besson]() is known to be a little bit of a pervert. But I'm about to argue that, in addition to liking young women, he also has a sort of a fetish. And while with directors like [Quentin Tarantino]() the fetish is something rather understandable ( Quentin likes feet ). Luc Besson seems to be turned on by... well... fish. And specifically by Dolphins. His 1988 film *Le Grand Bleu* is a love triangle between a young woman, an amphibian man, and a Dolphin ( which the film presents to be a mermaid ).

Stylistically the film is the calm sea section of [Avatar: The Way of Water](/reviews/avatar:_the_way_of_water_is_a_sublime_experience) extended into 3 hours. It even seems like [James Cameron]() was directly inspired by Besson's work, for his second Avatar picture. Speaking of Besson's kinky nature. There is a movie he did in 2017 called *Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets* which has a race of beach occupying aliens, very similar to the *Met Kaina* clan in *Avatar 2*. And the main character from this group is played by [Sasha Luss]() a young Russian woman, who Besson's makeup and VFX departments turned into an amphibian lady. And yes, he was turned on by her enough to work with her again on 2019th *Anna*.

The amphibian man in *Le Grand Bleu* is played by the legendary [Jean-Marc Barr]() who in 2013 played in [Lars Von Trier]()'s *Nymphomaniac Volume 2* the controversial pedophile character. He is a frequent collaborator of Von Trier. And one of the founding fathers of the *Dogme 95* movement, being one of the few film-directors ( Marc Barr is also a director ) who attempted to make a *Dogme 95* film.

His friend in the film Enzo Molinari, is played by the legendary [Jean Reno](), who in 1994 played an almost controversial pedophile character in [Luc Besson]'s own [Leon: The Professional](/reviews/Leon_The_Professional) alongside [Natalie Portman](). As of the statement by Besson's then wife [Maïwenn Le Besco]() ( who married Besson at 16 ) the film was about their relationship.

The young woman in love with the amphibian man in the film was played by [Rosanna Arquette]() who you may know from [Quentin Tarantino]()'s 1994 picture *Pulp Fiction*, playing the drug dealer's wife that has a lot of piercing and starts her scene talking about a blowjob.

I have absolutely no idea why people think the film industry is full of perverts. The movie is a very nice and beautiful tale. There is almost no tits in it. If anything it just begs only one question to be honest. And the question is: Why [Guillermo del Toro]() and not [Luc Besson]() was in fact the one to make the 2017th best picture Oscar winner film *The Shape of Water*?

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