Beasts of the Southern Wild
Benh Zeitlin / US, 2012 / 93 min.
Enchanting mix of documentary-like scenes in the Mississippi Delta and the imagination of the six-year-old girl Hushpuppy about giant bison from prehistory. A little girl as the big hero, on the margins of a society where the nomads are being flooded out.
A community of urban nomads strikes a precarious balance in the Mississippi Delta. The inhabitants of the fictitious hamlet The Bathtub have to leave because the river is flooding their land. The alcoholic Wink doesn’t want to move, even though the single father thereby endangers his six-year-old daughter Hushpuppy.
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Director
Benh Zeitlin
Production year
2012
Country
US
Original title
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Length
93 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NONE
Format
DCP
Part of
Cinema Ecologica
Much in life is uncertain, but one thing is sure: climate change. Cinema Ecologica focuses on how film directors depict the relationship between humanity and the earth: from nail-biting disaster films to artistic meditations, from romantic nature experiences to astounding science fiction.
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