Genesis (2004)

Directors:

Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou

Writers:

Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou

Stars:

Sotigui Kouyaté

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview:
Sotigui Kouyaté	...	Narrator / Le conteur

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

iceland | galapagos islands | nature | animal | photography | 

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Genres:

Documentary

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Certificate:

G

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [fr]

Country:

France Italy

Language:

French

Release Date:

20 October 2004 (France)

Also Known As:

Genezis

Filming Locations:

Aveyron, France

Box Office

Budget:

€9,150,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$6,907 (USA) (27 May 2005)

Gross:

$12,742 (USA) (17 June 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Les Films Alain Sarde, Les Films de la Véranda, Radiotelevisione Italiana

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Best when viewed on a big screen!

This film boldly undertakes to tell the story of life from the Big Bang to the variety of species that we know today. And the history lesson becomes a fairy tale.

Genesis asks that you leave aside everything you know about yourself, and think of your body as the substance that makes up the universe, your life as the energy that sparkled up the Big Bang, your projects as a shape, a limited space of organized chaos, resisting the deterioration of time.

The film is breath-taking and captivating from the opening sequence to the last shot. Every image of the film is carefully selected and placed in a sequence: swirling dirt becomes a galaxy; rings of water float on the sound of the mating dance. The technological prowess of the filming is staggering, but does not surpass the ingenuity of the editing, and camera movements: shot in his apparent loneliness, the insect looks like a genius, solving obstacles one after the other. Human meaning is attached to all images shown, from the fish pretending to be daydreaming while baiting its prey, to the crawling crab signaling to a rival. The story of the earth is told by the reality of those jungles and tropical beaches, that we know so little about: swimming frogs start to hop; the giant tortoise becomes a dinosaur.

If you think this is going to be some kind of Discovery Channel show, think again and surprise yourself.