Synopsis
Every year, thousands of Antarctica's emperor penguins make an astonishing journey to breed their young. They walk, marching day and night in single file 70 miles into the darkest, driest and coldest continent on Earth. This amazing, true-life tale is touched with humour and alive with thrills. Breathtaking photography captures the transcendent beauty and staggering drama of devoted parent penguins who, in the fierce polar winter, take turns guarding their egg and trekking to the ocean in search of food. Predators hunt them, storms lash them. But the safety of their adorable chicks makes it all worthwhile. So follow the leader... to adventure!!
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Cast
- Charles BerlingPingouin père
- Romane BohringerPingouin mère
- Jules SitrukPingouin bébé
- Morgan FreemanNarrator (English voice)
Recommendations
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Newsweek
Jacquet's movie is as visually ravishing as "Winged Migration," and more gripping. - 90
The A.V. Club
The glacially beautiful new documentary March Of The Penguins confirms that no computer-animated or hand-drawn penguin could ever match the curious majesty of the genuine article. - 90
L.A. Weekly
Thrilling documentary. - 90
Los Angeles Times
As uplifting as anything you will find in theaters. - 88
USA Today
A cinematic experience that is dazzlingly different from anything currently in theaters, March of the Penguins captivates with its straightforward but powerful story of dogged determination, survival against harsh odds and sacrifice. - 83
Entertainment Weekly
Luc Jacquet's exquisitely shot eye-of-God study of a year in the lives of these distinctive birds is a nature film built with a feel for the epic and a love of operatic narrative. - 80
The New York Times
This sentimental but riveting film has no qualms about playing on our emotions. - 70
Variety
Sometimes harrowing, sometimes hokey, sometimes heartwarming nature documentary.
