The few thousand kilometers that separate Patagonia from the South Pole offer a fascinating and hypnotic journey for explorers. Some even speak of an addiction, “the Antarctic bite”. The March of the Penguins (2005) director Luc Jacquet has been experiencing it for 30 years. This time, he comes back for a visually-striking adventure, offering us indescribable images. It is like a final journey to a vanishing continent.
Luc Jacquet
After studying biology at university and spending 14 months in the Antarctic, Luc Jacquet discovers his two great passions: images and scientific mediation. His first feature film, March of the Penguins (2005), attracted over 25 million viewers worldwide. It won numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Documentary. He founded the Wild-Touch Association with the aim of using the emotion of images and cinema to promote the preservation of nature.
