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Direction Jean Painlevé · Geneviève Hamon

Direction Jean Painlevé · Geneviève Hamon

Plot An octopus slithers into a narrow crack near the shore; we see its eye up close; blowing water propels it through water. It feeds on a crab. In spring it's...

Direction Jean Painlevé · Geneviève Hamon

Plot A complex creature. Regular underwater photography, magnified close-ups, and film through a microscope present sea urchins. We see their mouth and five teeth close and open. After injecting one with...

Direction Geneviève Hamon · Jean Painlevé

Plot At a marine biology station, a clump of algae reveals polyps, stomachs with limbs, limbs with buds, buds with poison cells. This animal reproduces by buds, which we watch close...

Direction Jean Painlevé · Geneviève Hamon

Plot After a comic introduction, we look closely at a shrimp. Eyes on stilts, color patterns, pinchered walking feet, a rostrum. We watch shrimp eat using a strong claw and a...

Direction Jean Painlevé · Geneviève Hamon

Plot Two kinds of starfish, the brittle and the feather. The brittle star moves its arms alone, without the aid of suckers. Underneath is a single opening. Stalks move food close...

Direction Geneviève Hamon · Jean Painlevé

Plot The one-celled long and slender diatom, up close: discovered in 1703 with the invention of the microscope. We observe them magnified 10,000 times: water expelled through the skeleton, mucilage constantly...