Winged Migration
2001 · Documentary · 90 min. · France
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.
Direction Jacques Perrin · Michel Debats · Jacques Cluzaud
Soundtrack Bruno Coulais
Screenplay Valentine Perrin
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 Thomas
Original title Le peuple migrateur (Winged Migration)
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