Arach is a baby caiman. His father, Akam the valiant is a legend not only is he the greatest hunter of the Great Kingdom but he is also the first caiman who decided to have a family. As Arach tells us how this all happened, we set off on a magical journey throughout mesmerizing Amazon. A tale of hope, love and family where animals talk and nature unveils its’ finest marvels.
Justine Juel Gillmer(《地球百子》《荒原》)编写剧本,基于哈夫特之子Alan Scott Haft写作的书籍《Harry Haft: Survivor Of Auschwitz, Challenger Of Rocky Marciano》,讲述一个男人在奥斯维辛集中营被迫与狱友进行残酷的角斗,胜利意味着能活着等待另一天的考验,而他击败的76名对手则走上了死亡之路。哈夫特承担了沉重的内疚之情,他尝试通过参加二战后备受瞩目的拳击大赛、与洛基·马西安诺等传奇人物比赛而重新找到活下去的理由,并希望能找到他在战争前爱上的那个女子,她激励了他在纳粹手中活下去的斗志。
quot;Veteran experimental filmmakers Danielle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub helmed this unusual adaptation of a novel by Elio Vittorini. Focused on the triumphs and failures of a group of laborers and farm hands who pooled their resources to operate an alternative collective farm after the end of World War II, Operai, Contadini features a cast of 12 actors who read aloud from Vittorini's book for the duration of the film, either reciting from memory or using a clearly visible script. Hardly designed to be a crowd pleaser, Operai, Contadini proved to be controversial among the audiences for its showings at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, where it was screened as part of the Directors' Fortnight series." ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
"The group makes up a primitive community which seeks to erase not only the distress created by the war but also the hardships of life and hunger, and to protect them from violence, misery and fear. Amid the ruins of this post-war period, the characters build and invent a rapport both in their professional and daily lives between themselves, the sexes, generations, diverse social and geographical origins, and antagonistic political camps.
The group maintains a 'register', a kind of diary, as if it were entering the minutes of an inquiry or a trial." -Steve Grayson
"my favorite Straub-Huillet films are Too Early, Too Late and Operai, contadini (2001), both color landscape films with especially acute senses of place as well as of nature in all its harsh beauty." - Jonathan Rosenbaum