Author: Lemire, Jean

Format: NTSC

Release Date: 04-03-2008

Details: Biologist and filmmaker Jean Lemire, accompanied aboard the schooner Sedna IV by a handpicked team of scientists and filmmakers, dared to experience climate change and its consequences within Antarctica's icy grip.More than a full year of daring, isolation, danger, intensity: it was a spectacular adventure full of risks and triumphs, joys and perils. The Last Continent is a testament to a human adventure at once chilling and inspiring. The film, narrated in the English-language version by Canadian film star Donald Sutherland, alternates between captivating images of deep serenity and spine-tingling sequences in which the ship's crew finds itself, time and again, on the edge of catastrophe. Before our eyes, the crew members live out their most exhilarating highs and grimmest lows. With The Last Continent, Jean Lemire earns the viewer's admiration on every level: majestic landscapes, fascinating wildlife, a courageous and sensitive crew, relevant and troubling environmental information, exceptional filmmaking. The film is a worthy tribute to the courageous Sedna IV mission it documents, a voyage to the heart of the last continent: Antarctica. ----- Biologist and filmmaker Jean Lemire, accompanied by a crew of hand-picked scientists and filmmakers, dared to experience climate change and its consequences in the icy clutches of the Antarctic continent on the sailboat Sedna IV. More than a whole year of audacity, isolation, dangers, commitment... An exemplary adventure where risks and twists, joys and threats are added. Ready for anything, they faced even worse! The Last Continent testifies to this human adventure which arouses as much terror as admiration. The film alternates between images of a moving beauty of serenity and sequences that freeze with terror when the crew of the sailboat repeatedly finds itself on the brink of disaster. Everyone lives in front of us their enthusiasms and their troughs. Jean Lemire succeeds, in The Last Continent, in provoking multiple admirations: grandiose landscapes, endearing fauna, courage of a sensitive crew, ecological remarks of disturbing relevance, exceptional cinematographic production. A work commensurate with this courageous mission of the Sedna IV in the heart of the last continent: Antarctica. http://www.lederniercontinentlefilm.com/

UPC: 773933191120

EAN: 0773933191120

Languages: English

Binding: DVD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood