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Winged Migration

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Original title: Le peuple migrateur (Winged Migration)
Year: 2001
Running time: 90 min.
Country: France
Director: Jacques Perrin, Michel Debats, Jacques Cluzaud
Screenwriter: Stéphane Durand, Jacques Perrin. Idea: Valentine Perrin
Cast: Documentary
Music: Bruno Coulais
Cinematography: Olli Barbé, Michel Benjamin, Sylvie Carcedo-Dreujou, Laurent Charbonnier, Luc Drion, Laurent Fleutot, Philippe Garguil, Dominique Gentil, Bernard Lutic, Thierry Machado, Stéphane Martin, Fabrice Moindrot, Ernst Sasse, Michel Terrasse, Thierry ThomasSee 11 More
Producer: France 2 Cinema, Galatée Films, Bac Films
Genre: Documentary | Nature. Animals. Birds
Synopsis: The cameras of Jacques Perrin fly with migratory birds: geese, storks, cranes. The film begins with spring in North America and the migration to the Arctic; the flight is a community event for each species. Once in the Arctic, it's family time: courtship, nests, eggs, fledglings, and first flight. Chicks must soon fly south. Bad weather, hunters, and pollution take their toll. Then, the cameras go south of the Equator; Antarctica is the summer destination. The search for food, good weather, and a place to hatch young takes this annual cycle of stamina across continents and oceans. There is a spare narration and a few titles; for the most part it's visual, a bird's eye view.

Rankings Position

#115 Best Documentaries of the 21st century

Awards: 2003: Chicago Film Critics Association: 2 Nom., including Best Documentary

2003: Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Cinematography

2002: Nominated for Oscar: Best Documentary

2002: Nominated for Goya: Best Documentary

2001: César: Best Editing. 3 Nominations

2002: European Film Awards (EFA): nominated to Best Documentary.

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Critics' reviews

"Stays in the mind, changing the way we look at the world."

Mick LaSalle: San Francisco Chronicle
"Watching this movie, you can dream with open eyes."

Michael Sragow: Baltimore Sun
"This French documentary gives us unprecedented intimacy and sweep."

Michael Wilmington: Chicago Tribune
"The most astounding cinematic testament to flock mentality since Hitchcock's 'The Birds.'"

Ted Shen: Chicago Reader
"A magnificent documentary that flies us along with migratory birds on their intercontinental travels, it's the polar opposite of modern feature films that rely on special effects."

Joe Morgenstern: The Wall Street Journal
"It's not the enormous undertaking that impresses so much as the sheer ecstasy of flight and the ability of Perrin's team to catch it."

Desson Thomson: The Washington Post
"Leaves you in a state of stunned, exhilarated awe, both for what it shows and how it shows it."

Rene Rodriguez: Miami Herald
"Intellectually austere but technologically and aesthetically riveting documentary."

Richard Schickel: Time

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59 My Favorite Documentaries (104)

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