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March of the Penguins ( French La Marche de l'empereur ; French pronunciation: [lamaʁʃ dəlɑ̃ˈpʁœʁ]) is a 2005 French feature-length nature documentary directed and co-written by Luc Jacquet, and co-produced by Bonne Pioche [4] and the National Geographic Society. The documentary depicts the yearly journey of the emperor penguins of ...
Jul 22, 2005 · March of the Penguins: Directed by Luc Jacquet. With Romane Bohringer, Charles Berling, Jules Sitruk, Morgan Freeman. In the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate and start a family.
- (60K)
- Documentary, Family
- Luc Jacquet
- 2005-07-22
Jul 29, 2005 · Morgan Freeman narrates. Two adults and two chicks in a scene from Luc Jacquet's film. Credit: Jérôme Maison /Bonne Pioche Productions / Alliance De Production Cinématographique. March of the...
The film's narrator, Morgan Freeman, tells us that Antarctica was once a warm land with rich forests that teemed with creatures.
Narrator : [from trailer] There is a mysterious ritual that dates back thousands of years. No living creature has survived it except the penguin. They have wings but cannot fly. They're birds that think they're fish. And every year, they embark on a nearly impossible journey to find a mate.
Small wonder: March of the Penguins is cinema vérité at its purest, an unsentimental yet intimate depiction of one of nature’s true marvels. As narrator Morgan Freeman explains, every year these indomitable creatures leave their ocean habitat and make a long, arduous journey over the treacherous Antarctic ice to their traditional breeding ground.
Narrated in soothing tones by Morgan Freeman, the film focuses on a colony of hundreds of Emperors as they return, in a single-file march of 70 miles or more, to their frozen breeding ground, far inland from the oceans where they thrive.
