The Academy Award winning directors of WINGED MIGRATION and OCEANS bring you a stunning alternate history of mankind’s time on Earth, told from the perspective of birds, beasts, and adorable furry critters.
“Astonishing….These images of pristine nature are worth the price of admission alone, and may remain long after the lights go out.”
– Mark Sommer, The Buffalo News
“You’d have to be made of stone not to be moved by this.”
– M. Faust, The Public
“Truly beautiful. Captures the poetry, humor and drama of wildlife.”
– Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter
“Mesmerizing….“Planet Earth” might have made us tougher to impress, but “Seasons” has the advantage of its focus on a timeline, showing the gradual incursion of man into this earthly paradise.”
– Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times
“Features some of the most breathtaking nature photography this side of BBC’s “Planet Earth” miniseries.”
– Peter Debruge, Variety
“Through gorgeous cinematography and understated musical cues, Perrin and Cluzaud find a note of serenity that’s notably absent from YouTube cat videos.”
– Alan Zilberman, Washington Post
“Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud’s Seasons is a nature documentary that reveals itself as a story of tragic usurpation.”
– Wes Greene, Slant Magazine
“Breathtaking.”
– Catherine Vincent, Le Monde
After traveling the world alongside migrating birds (Winged Migration) and diving the oceans with whales and manta rays (Oceans), Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud return to more familiar ground: the lush green forests and megafauna that emerged across Europe following the last Ice Age.
Winter had gone on for 80,000 years when—in a relatively short period of time—the ice retreated, the landscape metamorphosed, the cycle of seasons was established, and the beasts occupied their new kingdom. It was only later that man arrived to share this habitat, first tentatively as migratory hunter/gatherers, then making inroads in the forest as settled agriculturalists, and later more dramatically via industry and warfare.
With its exceptional footage of animals in the wild, Seasons is the awe-inspiring and thought-provoking tale of the long and tumultuous shared history that inextricably binds humankind with the natural world. (C) Music Box Films
