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 | ... |
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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 recently saw this film at the Waterfront Film Festival in Michigan and I can say it's one of the best documentaries I've ever seen.
Narrated by Morgan Freeman, it follows the annual journey that penguins and their mates endure to bring a newborn penguin into the world. This film has some of the most amazing footage I've ever see in a documentary ... including underwater footage beneath the ice of penguins feeding and being fed on. Footage so amazing that I heard one viewer saying how it must have been CGI as he left the venue.
If you have any interest in nature, penguins, or just want to see a touching story of the amazing journey that penguins make simply to perpetuate their breed, definitely check this film out in theatres. It's a masterpiece.