2024 · documentary · family · adventure
Bambi: A Tale of Life in the Woods
Directed by Michel Fessler1h 18m2024
The life of Bambi, a male roe deer, from his birth through childhood, the loss of his mother, the finding of a mate, the lessons he learns from his father, and the experience he gains about the dangers posed by human hunters in the forest.
Our read: Bambi: A Tale of Life in the Woods (2024) reads as a neutral, measured, grounded documentary · family · adventure entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Neutral, measured, measured documentary / family, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- measured
- intimate
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