The Last Dive

Terry is a former Marine as well as an ex-Hells Angel and an ex-model. Despite his love for the sea, Terry isn’t exactly an environmental activist, until an encounter with a huge manta ray changes everything.

During one carefree diving trip, a 7-meter-long manta ray swims into Terry’s life. Terry names the animal Willy Wow, for swimming with the manta ray – flying underwater! – has an unparalleled wow factor. It’s a moment, in which Terry, haunted by ghosts of his past, is truly free.

In the film, we see archival material from Terry’s diving trips with Willy and its kind. Some of the material might be shocking, as Terry and his companions film, by hand, a brutal attack by poachers into the manta rays’ home waters.

Terry’s friendship with Willy gets him to fight for the species. Eventually he even accomplishes an amendment to protect these intelligent, yet feared, creatures, and to end the cruel poaching.

In the film’s present time we meet 80-year-old Terry, who leaves for one last diving trip, his wish being to meet his marine friend one last time.

The film, set in the Mexican and North Californian clear water coasts, is a substantial statement on human greed, and the importance of environmental work.

Saija Holm (translated by Vilja Hynynen)

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