2005 · documentary · nature
March of the Penguins
Directed by Luc Jacquet1h 20m2005
Every year, thousands of Antarctica's emperor penguins make an astonishing journey to breed their young. They walk, marching day and night in single file 70 miles into the darkest, driest and coldest continent on Earth. This amazing, true-life tale is touched with humour and alive with thrills. Breathtaking photography captures the transcendent beauty and staggering drama of devoted parent penguins who, in the fierce polar winter, take turns guarding their egg and trekking to the ocean in search of food. Predators hunt them, storms lash them. But the safety of their adorable chicks makes it all worthwhile. So follow the leader... to adventure!!
Our read: March of the Penguins (2005) reads as a warm, steady, grounded documentary · nature entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, steady, measured documentary / nature, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
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