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Director: |
Werner Herzog |
Writer: |
Werner Herzog, Judith Thurman |
Starring: |
Werner Herzog, Dominique Baffier, Jean Clottes |
Released: |
September 22, 2011 |
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Runtime: |
90 minutes
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Story: |
Following his previous documentary "Encounters at the End of the World",
iconic director Werner Herzog once again takes us deep behind the frontier
of an extraordinary place. Having gained unprecedented access through the
tightest of restrictions and overcome considerable technical challenges,
he has captured on film, with specially designed 3D cameras, the interior
of the Chauvet Cave in southern France.
This is where the world's oldest cave paintings - hundreds in number -
were discovered in 1994. In this mesmerising movie, he reveals to us a
breathtaking subterranean world and leads us to the 32,000-year-old
artworks. In that deeply moving moment of encounter, we come face to
face with pristine and astonishingly realistic drawings of horses,
cattle and lions, which for the briefest second come alive in the torchlight.
In true Herzogian fashion, his hypnotically engaging narration weaves in
wider metaphysical contemplations as we learn more about the Paleolithic
art and its creators. Through his understated and gently humorous voiceover,
we are invited to reflect on our primal desire to communicate and represent
the world around us, evolution and our place within it, and ultimately what
it means to be human.
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Cast: |
Werner Herzog
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Himself (also Narrator) |
Dominique Baffier
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Herself |
Jean Clottes
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Himself |
Jean-Michel Geneste
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Himself |
Carole Fritz
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Herself |
Gilles Tosello
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Himself |
Michel Philippe
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Himself |
Julien Monney
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Himself |
Nicholas Conard
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Himself |
Wulf Hein
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Himself |
Maria Malina
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Herself |
Maurice Maurin
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Himself |
Charles Fathy
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Interpreter (voice) |
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