La planète blanche (2006)

The Arctic's changing seasons and the impact on the region's flora and fauna is studied in this nature documentary.

Directors:

Jean Lemire, Thierry Piantanida,

Writers:

Stéphane Millière, Thierry Piantanida

Stars:

Jean-Louis Étienne

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview:
Jean-Louis Étienne	...	Narrator

Storyline

The Arctic's changing seasons and the impact on the region's flora and fauna is studied in this nature documentary.

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Plot Keywords:

polar bear

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Taglines:

A carbon neutral release

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Official Sites:

Bac Films [fr]

Country:

France Canada

Language:

French

Release Date:

22 March 2006 (France)

Also Known As:

The White Planet

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gedeon Programmes, Bac Films, France 2 Cinéma

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

If you love nature, you'll love this!

There are people, who absolutely hate this film. OK, I can understand why. The movie going audience today expects humor, action, special effects... and no, nature can not offer the same breath taking effects as computer technicians at major Hollywood studios can, but if you'd stop and think (which isn't one of the strongest points of the average movie going population now-a-days) about it, you'd see the beauty of it.

The shots are excellent and the comments are kept down to a minimum, so you can enjoy and experience the wildlife in one of the harshest climates in the world.

No, this movie isn't about environmental change. It does show a very fragile environment and yes, due to human induced climate changes this balance can break, but that's about it (on the environmental issue). It tries to show all the glory of the wildlife. It doesn't explain or tell you about it, it shows you and you need to deduct (so if you have no knowledge about wildlife in the first place, no curiosity about anything that's not chip powered - you will be disappointed).

Remember the grand documentaries about the wild life in Africa? This one is actually better. The camera work is remarkable and if you are interested you will learn quite a lot from behavior (for instance: how snoring can kill a pray). Also the natural light shows of the various animals you get to see in the underwater and under-ice world are remarkable. I've never before seen how an octopus lures it's pray instead of catching it and so forth.

But as I claimed before - this one is for nature lovers only, the rest better avoid this (god forbids they'd become environmentally aware).