Synopsis
Africa in the sixties. The Nile perch, a ravenous predator, is introduced into Lake Victoria as a scientific experiment, causing the extinction of many native species. Its meat is exported everywhere in exchange for weapons, creating a globalized evil alliance on the lake shores. An infernal nightmare in the real world that wipes out Darwin's Theory of Evolution.
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Cast
- Elizabeth 'Eliza' Maganga NseseHerself - Pilots' Girlfriend and Singer
- Raphael Tukiko WagaraHimself - Night Guard
- Dimond RemtuliaHimself - Fish Factory Owner
- Marcus NyoniHimself - Airport Police Officer
- Sergey SamaretsHimself - Ilyushin-76 Captain
- Jonathan NathanaelHimself - Young Painter
- Msafiri 'Safiri' HabatHimself - One-legged Street Boy
- Dima RogonovHimself - Singing Pilot
- Vladimir TarasenkoHimself - Air Navigator
- Jura BiriuchevHimself - Freight Supervisor
Recommendations
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The New York Times
Mr. Sauper has produced an extraordinary work of visual journalism, a richly illustrated report on a distant catastrophe that is also one of the central stories of our time. - 90
Village Voice
Darwin's Nightmare strings together cruel ironies into a work of harrowing lucidity. It illuminates the sinister logic of a new world order that depends on corrupt globalization to put an acceptable face on age-old colonialism. - 80
Variety
Somewhat haphazardly organized yet fascinatingly detailed and enriched by the candor and dignity of its shockingly deprived interview subjects. - 80
TV Guide Magazine
Far more than mere fish tale, Sauper's dark, devastating documentary profiles a socio-ecological nightmare with unimaginable consequences, and it's one of the best films about the ugly reality of the global marketplace. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
An uncompromising portrait of how global capitalism can exploit an area's resources to the point of near annihilation. - 75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
As confusing, horrific and unsettling as a nightmare can be, at least you wake up and the memory fades. Darwin's Nightmare, tragically, is not a dream, but rather a haunting, beautifully made reality check well worth waking up to. - 75
New York Daily News
Sauper captures a world in which life and death are treated with equal practicality - and disregard. His camera is unflinching; your gaze may not be quite so steady. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
At times quite powerful.
