Water People
Synopsis
Water People is a cinematic plunge into the soul of the Ocean, told not about it, but through it.
Narrated by Jeremy Irons as the Ocean itself, the film reveals a living intelligence choosing its human voices - six “translators” whose lives echo the Sea’s ancient rhythms: A navigator, a freediver, a surfer, a shark whisperer, and two visionary scientists form a constellation of consciousness, each drawn by a force they cannot fully grasp.
Through stunning visuals and deeply intimate journeys, we enter a realm where time bends, language dissolves, and the Ocean speaks in verses of memory, movement, and dream. This is not a documentary - it’s myth unfolding in time.
A timeless story, long forgotten, now remembered through human lives.
A story where human and Ocean converge, and the Sea reveals what it has always known:
We are not separate. We never were.
Director
Maya de Almeida Araujo
Cast
Jeremy Irons