March of the Penguins
(2005)
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March of the Penguins
(2005)
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| Charles Berling | ... |
Le père
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| Romane Bohringer | ... |
La mère
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Jules Sitruk | ... |
Le bébé
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| Morgan Freeman | ... |
Narrator
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| Amitabh Bachchan | ... |
Narrator
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Gösta Ekman | ... |
Narrator
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Fiorello | ... |
Narrator
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| Sofie Gråbøl | ... |
Narrator
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Hikari Ishida | ... |
Haha-Penguin
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Ryûnosuke Kamiki | ... |
Ko-Penguin
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Marek Kondrat | ... |
Narrator
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Takao Osawa | ... |
Chichi-Penguin
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Each winter, alone in the pitiless ice deserts of Antarctica, deep in the most inhospitable terrain on Earth, a truly remarkable journey takes place as it has done for millennia. Emperor penguins in their thousands abandon the deep blue security of their ocean home and clamber onto the frozen ice to begin their long journey into a region so bleak, so extreme, it supports no other wildlife at this time of year. In single file, the penguins march blinded by blizzards, buffeted by gale force winds. Guided by instinct, by the otherworldly radiance of the Southern Cross, they head unerringly for their traditional breeding ground where--after a ritual courtship of intricate dances and delicate maneuvering, accompanied by a cacophony of ecstatic song--they will pair off into monogamous couples and mate. The females remain long enough only to lay a single egg. Once this is accomplished, exhausted by weeks without nourishment, they begin their return journey across the ice-field to the ... Written by Sujit R. Varma
I was lucky enough to see this film at the Waterfront Film Festival in Saugatuck, Michigan. This was a wonderful documentary directed by Luc Jacquet which follows penguins traveling to their breeding ground in Antarctica.
Narrated by Morgan Freeman, it's beautiful and I loved the way it didn't just point a camera at penguins and say how they live, this one actually told a story. If it wasn't narrated, you would still be able to follow the basic idea of the film. The countless penguins travel a very long distance to breed. It's very interesting to watch these penguins, they go through so many ordeals just to have kids.
It's in the style of Winged Migration, the scenery is a character. If you get the chance to see this film I recommend it, it's wonderful to look at and it's impossible not to love the penguins.