LE PEUPLE MIGRATEUR
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Director:
Jacques Perrin, with Jacques Cluzaud & Michel Debats
Screenplay: Stéphane Durand & Jacques
Perrin
Cast:
Pelicans, robins, great bustards, eagles, snow geese,
storks, snowy owl, skuas, whooper swans,…
Awards:
Best Cinematography, Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
(2003)
Best Editing, César Awards (2002)
Running time: 89 minutes
Year of production: France, Italy, Germany, Spain,
Switzerland - 2001
Rating: Rated G
Gauge: 35mm, DVD (color)
Distributor: New Yorker Films
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“A
magnificent documentary that flies us along with migratory
birds on their intercontinental travels, it's the polar
opposite -- North Pole, South Pole and all latitudes in
between -- of modern feature films that rely on special
effects.” Joe Morgenstern | Wall Street Journal |
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In Winged
Migration, Jacques Perrin, a highly respected producer
of nature films (Microcosmos and Himalaya) takes
on his greatest challenge yet: to explore the wonders of one
of the most fascinating mysteries of the natural world, the
seasonal migrations of birds. From Iceland and Kosovo to Kenya,
Vietnam and Brazil, from snowcapped mountains to scorching
deserts and vast oceans, Jacques Perrin and five crews of
more than four hundred and fifty people traveled around the
world to capture on film the migration of hundreds of bird
species: geese, cranes, puffins, storks, swans, robins, pigeons,...
Many different man-made machines were used (gliders, helicopters,
planes, balloons…) as well as innovative film techniques
that allowed the fourteen cinematographers to fly alongside,
above, below and in front of the birds. The result is a film
of staggering beauty that helps us understand the mystery
of migrations.
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