Home (2009/I)

User Rating:

8.5/10   

Director:

Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Writers:

Isabelle Delannoy (written by) &
Yann Arthus-Bertrand (written by) ...

Release Date:

5 June 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

A Stunning Visual Portrayal of Earth

Plot:

With aerial footage from 54 countries, Home is a depiction of how the Earth's problems are all interlinked. |

Plot Keywords:

Earth | Greenhouse | Soy | Environmental | Dubai

Cast

Yann Arthus-Bertrand	...	Narrator (voice)
Glenn Close	...	Narrator (voice: English version)
Jacques Gamblin	...	Narrator (voice)

Also Known As:

Boomerang (France) (working title)

Runtime:

95 min (edited version) | USA:118 min (DVD) | Portugal:114 min (DVD) | 120 min (long version) | Canada:120 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | English | Russian | Spanish | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | South Korea:All | Hong Kong:I | Portugal:M/6 (Qualidade) | Singapore:G | Czech Republic:U | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Argentina:Atp

Company:

Elzévir Films

Trivia:

Released worldwide on June 5th, 2009 - World Environment Day - simultaneously in cinemas, on television, on DVD and on the Internet.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the closing credits, Chile is spelled Chili.

Soundtrack:

Cum Dederit

A wake up call.. for all of us

This is my first review on IMDb ever, but I thought this documentary deserved it. The cinematography of this documentary is amazing, even the images of pollution of the environment that humans have caused look remarkably appealing to the eye. But this documentary is much more than a stream of beautiful images from across the world.

The message that the documentary contains is a strong one: unlike our nations, our ecosystem doesn't have any borders. As humans organized in nation states, we spend 12 times as much on weapons to defend ourselves from each other than we spend on aid for the poorest. The effects of the exploitation of our shared ecosystem will affect us all and will hit those who already face the toughest circumstances the hardest. The problems that our world faces, cannot be solved by any country alone. Too long have we focused on what separates us as citizens of specific countries, without realizing that we are all bound together as human beings. Without a rapidly growing global awareness of the situation we are facing, we will leave a much harsher environment for our children, in which natural resources on which we all depend will become increasingly scarce.

I am a student in my twenties; the state the world is in today, is how my generation will inherit it, before we will have had the chance to have any effect on this trend. Can this really be the inheritance of a generation that dedicated itself to peace, love and happiness? Maybe. Or maybe it's not too late just yet. You might still be a skeptic about the message the documentary tries to convey after reading my comments, but I promise you this: it will be much harder to be skeptic about that message after having watched Home.