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An immensely sensitively filmed documentary that, against the backdrop of an almost intimate relationship between a person with their heart in the right place and an incredibly intelligent octopus, brings to the lay public the secrets and beauties of the kelp forest world off the shores of South Africa. I fell in love with the octopus in the opening minutes and, accompanied by a commentary led by Craig Foster's voice and pleasant music, I couldn't get enough of the images from her harrowing life journey until the very moving end. I think Craig Foster deserves respect and reverence for his boundless love of nature, which he leads his son to share. (100%)
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Tous les documents scientifiques sont éclipsés. Même s'il s'agissait seulement d'un documentaire sous-marin sur une pieuvre et l'amitié entre une personne et celle-ci, il se démarquerait par la diversité des situations vécues et par sa valeur éducative unique. En effet, pour le spectateur, les faits ne sont pas seulement dit et montrés, mais grâce à la sincérité et à la générosité de l'auteur, il devient également leur codécouvreur. La Sagesse de la pieuvre est bien plus que cela en raison de son impact émotionnel, de sa complexité thématique et de son lien avec la vie du documentariste. Si la dernière fois Alex Honnold a pu remporter l'Oscar du documentaire pour la force de l'esprit humain dans une performance d'escalade, ce devrait maintenant être Craig Foster pour avoir dépeint le rapprochement fragile de deux espèces animales complètement différentes et décrit poétiquement les parallèles unificateurs de leurs parcours de vie.
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Un documentaire fragile et tout à fait unique sur l'amitié inattendue entre un céphalopode curieux et un cinéaste épuisé professionnellement, qui a passé la majeure partie de sa vie à plonger avec lui chaque jour. Une connexion originale, émouvante et parfois même captivante entre le monde des humains et celui des animaux, trouvant des parallèles unificateurs dans les vies des deux protagonistes et incitant avec naturel à comprendre la nature d'un point de vue totalement différent.
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Probablement la plus grande surprise documentaire de ma vie. Cela fait quelques jours que j’ai vu le film et j’ai encore cette sensation de chaleur qu’il a suscitée en moi. Je le recommande partout où je vais. C’est une incroyable caresse pour l’âme. La dernière fois que j’ai été aussi émue, c’était sans doute en 2011 avec « Intouchables ». J’avais toujours aimé les poulpes... dans mon assiette. Je ne peux pas m’imaginer en manger à nouveau... Pour la première fois de ma vie, je pense au végétarisme, et aucun film n’y étais jamais parvenu. Même des vidéos d’abattoirs ou de fermes industrielles ne m’ont jamais rien fait... Pourtant ce film ne véhicule même pas l’idée que manger des animaux n’est pas bon. Comment est-ce possible ? C’est que ce documentaire a du cœur... Il n’offre pas vraiment de point de vue scientifique... Juste du cœur, de l’amour et du respect pour les animaux et la nature... En ce qui me concerne, tout simplement waouh !
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I never thought I’d find myself emotionally attached to an octopus, but this documentary made it happen. It’s incredible. I still don’t understand how Craig Foster managed to capture the entire story so perfectly—how he was there with a camera for all the key moments, how he could even breathe and stay underwater for so long. It felt like he had gills, like he’d become one with the kelp forest. This film has such a powerful message, and the ending is probably one of the most emotional I’ve ever seen in a nature documentary.
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Okay, I suspected I might fall into the category of individuals who could theoretically be moved to tears by the life story of an octopus, but I'm still surprised at how much I've come to relate to it. A beautifully filmed, perfectly wonderful story. The underwater world is absolutely fascinating and humanity still knows so little about it. One of the most beautiful and moving documentaries I've ever seen.
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I don’t care at all its shortcomings as a documentary (i.e. sweet sentimentality), the only type of person who can not like this is someone whose heart was stolen in grade school and never got it back. Unprecedented, beautifully shot and proving that the connection of ugly people with beautiful nature is possible.
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When I recently watched the series Animals, it was the Octopus that intrigued me the most, hiding many secrets under their omnivorous tentacles. My Octopus Teacher doesn't rely on its visual sophistication, as is often the case with animal documentaries, but tries to engage with content instead of form. We follow two life journeys – human and cephalopod – where the latter takes on a very fatal quality given that the lifespan of octopuses is not very long. At times, I did feel that Craig Foster was pushing his feelings too hard and projecting his disposition too "violently" onto his eight-headed "buddy", but on the other hand, you cannot deny his genuine passion for what he does. Octopuses are truly admirable creatures – be it their intelligence, their wit, their mimicry, the way they hunt, or their fatal dedication to their offspring.
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An emotional, succinct and colourful insight into the lives of an octopus and a marine explorer who become close to each other and form a relationship like no one has ever managed before. It’s a shame that they didn't give us a quick five-minute general overview about octopuses so we know roughly what to expect from them and some basic characteristics, but otherwise this is without question an unbeatable film within the underwater (sub)genre and I applaud it accordingly. Perfect and precise work to balance the spectacle and the documentary depiction of the relationship between man and octopus like this, yet lay it down in a watchable 80-minute format with footage that I have no idea how they could have captured, as it is simply breathtaking and insane. We learn about the workings of the ecosystem "on the bottom", the habits of the main creature, its method of hunting, camouflage from predators and its gradual establishment of contact with humans, and most of all I was blown away by the camouflage, where it packed dead crustaceans and corals onto its suction cups and made itself look like a rock. I don't purposely seek out this kind of genre, but this one blew me away and I'm glad I had the opportunity to see an underwater gem like this. Breathtaking.
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