Darwin's Nightmare (2004)

Regisseur:

Hubert Sauper

Drehbuchautor:

Hubert Sauper (written by)

Premierendatum:

21. Januar 2005 (Österreich)

Genre:

Dokumentarfilm

Plot:

A documentary on the effect of fishing the Nile perch in Tanzania's Lake Victoria. The predatory fish, which has wiped out the native species, is sold in European supermarkets, while starving Tanzanian families have to make do with the leftovers.

Plot Keywords:

Swahili | Village | Famine | Cargo Plane | Human Exploitation

Filmpreise:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 8 wins

Nutzerkommentare:

response to other comments

Besetzung

Elizabeth 'Eliza' Maganga Nsese	...	Herself - Pilots' girlfriend, singer
Raphael Tukiko Wagara	...	Himself - Night guard
Dimond Remtulia	...	Himself - Fish factory owner
Marcus Nyoni	...	Himself - Airport police officer
Sergey Samarets	...	Himself - Ilyushin-76 captain
Jonathan Nathanael	...	Himself - Young painter
Msafiri 'Safiri' Habat	...	Himself - One-legged street boy
Dima Rogonov	...	Himself - Singing pilot
Vladimir Tarasenko	...	Himself - Air navigator
Jura Biriuchev	...	Himself - Freight supervisor
Stanislav Ivanchenko	...	Himself - Radio engineer
Jakob Maiseli	...	Himself - Fish-quality controller
Lalit Malhotra	...	Himself - Simba Plastics salesman
Shadard Mkono	...	Himself - Fishing camp leader
Cleopa Kaijage	...	Himself - Reverend

Alternativ:

Cauchemar de Darwin, Le (France)
Darwinin painajainen (Finland)
Darwins Alptraum (Österreich)
Darwins mardröm (Finland: Swedish title)
Darwins Alptraum (Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

107 Min | Australia:111 Min

Produktionsland:

Österreich | Belgium | France | Canada | Finland | Sweden

Sprache:

Englisch | Russisch | Swahili

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Argentina:13 | Hungary:16 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:7 | Czech Republic:15 | Iceland:L | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Canada:14A (Alberta) | Australia:M | Spain:13

Drehorte:

Lake Victoria, Tanzania

Firma:

Mille et Une Productions

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Ausschnittsweise enthalten in "Smagsdommerne: (#2.13)" (2005)

response to other comments

It seems that a common critique of this film is that it lacks focus and asks questions but does not provide answers. Far from agreeing that this proves lack of skill in film making, I think this demonstrates the director's analysis and knowledge of the documentary form. I felt that the filmmaker was conveying Western complicity in this by leaving us to try to put the pieces together ourselves. We thereby actually have to THINK about what he is getting at and the role we have to play in this situation. There is no voice-over in this film, which we are so used to explaining the meaning of a story to us. I think a lesson is better learned when we draw the conclusions ourselves, rather than being blatantly told how to interpret information in a documentary.