Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane, a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perhaps more traumatically, various figures from Zissou's past, including his estranged wife, Eleanor.
Keywords:
Parent child relationship
Red cap
Dysfunctional family
Rivalry
Pirate
Magic realism
Estranged father
Oceanography
Scientific expedition
Father son relationship
Diorama
Research turtles
Acoustic guitar
Playful
Absurd
Movie tag line: "The deeper you go, the weirder life gets."
Character: Steve Zissou
Character: Ned Plimpton
Character: Jane Winslett-Richardson
Character: Eleanor Zissou
Character: Klaus Daimler