SummaryIn the past 200,000 years, humans have upset the balance of planet Earth, a balance established by nearly four billion years of evolution. We must act now. It’s too late to be a pessimist. The price is too high. Humanity has little time to reverse the trend and change its patterns of consumption. Through visually stunning footage from over fift... Read More
Directed By:Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Written By:Isabelle Delannoy, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Denis Carot, Yen Le Van, Tewfik Fares
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Feb 4, 2011
60
More mournful than alarmist, Arthus-Bertrand's film goes beyond global warming to look at life out of balance, through a lens darkly.
Feb 1, 2011
60
We certainly need all the ecological jeremiads we can get. But must they be so numbingly pedantic?
Feb 1, 2011
50
While Close's testimony is sufficiently terrifying, moving toward an apocalyptic vision of climate-change catastrophe, the urgency of her tone is belied by the placidity of the film's visuals.
Feb 3, 2011
40
We've heard it all before, if not in the schoolmarmish tones of Glenn Close, whose patronizing narration ("The earth is a miracle") makes the film feel almost as long as the life of its subject.
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Aug 29, 2020
5
What a propaganda and onesided view on nature. The narrator was also very annoying and sells fear all the time. Yes, the apocalypse is near...Just like centuries ago.
But the pictures were great.
Production Company:
- Elzévir Films
- EuropaCorp
- France 2 (FR2)
Release Date:Feb 4, 2011
Duration:2 h
Tagline:A Stunning Visual Portrayal of Earth
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Awards
Australian Cinematographers Society
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA)
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
César Awards, France
• 1 Nomination
