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Chimpanzee

2012 · 78 min

This film offers an intimate and moving glimpse into the raw, beautiful struggle for life in the wild.

Tagline
For Oscar, every day is an adventure
Overview
A nature documentary centered on a family of chimps living in the Ivory Coast and Ugandan rain forests. Through Oscar, a little chimpanzee, we discover learning about life in the heart of the African tropical forest and follow his first steps in this world with humor, emotion and anguish. Following a tragedy, he finds himself separated from his mother and left alone to face the hostility of the jungle. Until he is picked up by an older chimpanzee, who will take him under her protection.

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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • found family
  • grief
  • nature
Places
  • wilderness
Era
timeless
Audience
family
Form
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield
Starring
Tim Allen
Music
Nicholas Hooper
Cinematography
Bill Wallauer, Martyn Colbeck
Runtime
78 min
Country
France
Languages
English

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