◇"TAXI" series (****three parts): the best-selling (most viewed) in the history of French cinema, produced and written by Luc Besson, has the No.1 box office record in France! Luc Besson as the producer and writer, has the No.1 box office record in France!
◇Shut Up: A French comedy loved by Chinese audiences, starring Jean Reno Gerard Depardieu, who is also a big name in the French movie industry, funny but not exaggerated, definitely worth a look!
◇Two Little Girls
◇Angel of My Heart
◇Angel Amelie: Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film; French President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Jospin both praised the film in public
◇Mission to Egypt: 28th César Awards (Best Supporting Actor, Best Fine Arts...). ...)Based on France's most popular comic strip
◇The Emperor's Cop
◆Drama◆
◇The Blue, White, and Red Trilogy: Almost all French people know this movie
◇The Lovers Next Door: This movie is for all those who have ever been in love, delicate and deep ...
◇Very Apartment: Very Apartment, Very Feeling, Fate or Coincidence, Love or Miss
◇Emotion: If there is a feeling, there will be a story ...
◇Day on the Clouds: Three Superstars (Sophie Marceau/Fanchon Pere/Jean Renaud)
◆Emotion◆
This film is for all the people who have been in love.
◇"Butterfly": warm and childlike, its film and television episode song "Le Papillon" is most loved by domestic friends
◇"Springtime in the Cow Class": Oscar nomination for best foreign language film; Oscar nomination for best music
◆Iconic◆
◇"First Kiss": Sophie Marceau starred in the first film, the best film of the International Film Festival of the Palme d'or, best film of Berlin Film Festival, the best film of the Westminster Film Festival, the best film of the Westminster Film Festival, the best film of the Westminster Film Festival, the best film of the Westminster Film Festival, the best film of the Westminster Film Festival, the best film of the Westminster Film Festival. Best Film at the Berlin Film Festival, Best Film and Best Director at the Seattle International Film Festival. And Sophie Marceau has become a famous star in the European movie industry with this movie!
◇"Fang Fang": Love, always hesitate, in fact, just their own dare not love, the woman helplessly holding an elongated chewing gum, trying to stick close to its love, the man gently backed up, leaving the woman slowly waiting. ... Sophie Marceau, Fanchon Pelletier
◆Action◆
◇Violence 13:2005 French Film Festival, the most favorite film of Chinese audience, the perfect combination of European street sports and Chinese Kung Fu
◆People◆
◇Van Gogh's Legend:French Film Festival "Cesar Award "Best Actor. This movie mainly recounts the life of Van Gogh, a great painter in 1890, who moved to Auvers, a suburb of Paris, where he spent dozens of days before committing suicide
◆Animation◆
◇The Brave Little Red Wolf is a very good French animated movie, no matter the plot or the picture; the speed of speech and the sentences are very suitable for beginner＼intermediate French friends!
◇The Raiders of Gaul: Act; the first big squat shit offering from France and Germany. The first time the French and the Germans made a big squatting offer of a sole, it was the first time they did so. Appropriate road (5)? Posthumous?
◆Style◆
◇The Temptation of the Dew Point: French nude beach, celestial bath
◆War◆
◇The Long Engagement: The first time to introduce China de blockbusters in the way of French original soundtracks
◆Eroticism◆
◇Secret Affair: The two disillusioned Parisian Li Ren relied on the most primitive of women's money -- sex, and began to fish for gold. The Secret Affair" is a movie in which two disappointed Parisian women start to fish for gold turtles by relying on women's most primitive instincts -- sex...
◆Costume◆
◇Fang Fong Tulip: The Opening Film of Sino-French Cultural Year
◆Record◆
◇Migratory Birds: With its beautiful images and emotional shots, it is recognized as one of the most beautiful documentaries in the world. It is recognized as one of the most beautiful documentaries in the world. I am afraid that only France, a nation that treats romance as its life, will spend three years to make such a documentary.
◆Variety◆
◇French Advertising Night: Some of the world's best advertisements among the French, which also includes some of China's commercials...
Red, White and Blue Series
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Suggest a few of my favorite French movies :
Amelie
Angel Amelie
Written/Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Starring Audrey Tautou
Mathieu Kassovitz
Length: 120 minutes
Genre: Comedy/Romance
Rating: tbd
Production: UGC-Fox Distribution (France)
Miramax (USA)
Release Date: April 2001 (France)
November 26, 2001 (U.S.A.)
Official website: amelie-lefilm.com/
[Synopsis]
A French girl, Amelie Boulain, never enjoyed the warmth of her family, and spent her childhood in loneliness and isolation. When she was eight years old, her mother died in an accident, and her grieving father suffered from autism and was absorbed in his own world. He was a doctor, so he had very little contact with his daughter except for medical checkups for Amelie. Ridiculously, he concludes that Amelie has a heart condition based solely on the fact that her heart beats faster during the examination and decides to keep her at home to recuperate. Amelie was again deprived of the pleasure of playing with her peers, and the lonely girl could only let her imagination run wild to pass the days, discovering the joys of life on her own, such as going to the river to play in the water, and sipping strawberries slowly on her ten fingers, etc.
Finally, Amelie was able to find her own way of life.
Finally, she waited until she was old enough to go out into the world on her own. Amelie worked as a waitress in a Parisian cafe, which always seemed to be frequented by lonely and eccentric people who tended to behave in a strange and eccentric manner. On the whole, though, she has a good life. But Amelie wasn't satisfied, and she didn't know where to take her passion.
In the summer of 1997, Princess Diana was killed in a car accident. Suddenly realizing that life is so fragile and short, Amelie decided to make an impact on those around her and bring them joy. A chance encounter leads Amelie to discover a tin box in the bathroom wall that contains so many treasures treasured by boys. It seems that it would have been hidden here by a young boy. The boy was probably grown up by now and had long forgotten the "treasures" he had buried in his childhood. So, Amelie resolved to find the owner of the "treasure" in order to quietly return the treasured memories to him. And her great vision of secretly helping those around her, changing their lives, and repairing them, also began to materialize.
Amelie took an active role, and the cold grocery store owner, the bullied fellow, the sad and gloomy doorman, and the neighbors who had lost faith in life were all included in her help. Although she encountered a lot of difficulties, and sometimes even had to play tricks and pranks, but through her efforts, she still achieved considerable success.
While she's working towards her dream, she meets a "tough guy" whose "magic" seems to be too much for this strange boy, an adult, who is a very good friend to her. Nino, a video store clerk, doesn't seem to have much of an effect on this strange boy. She gradually realizes that this shy boy, who likes to spend his time in the sex store and has a strange penchant for collecting discarded coin-operated camera frames, is actually the Prince Charming in her heart.......
[Behind the Scenes]
This wacky, fantastically imaginative film is the latest work of French film geek Jean-Pierre Jeunet, who is the first to make a movie about a man who has been in love with the world. Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Junet defined his style with a series of distinctive short films in his early years, favoring unusual, even cartoonish characters and unconventional camera angles.
He has been in sympathy with another eccentric, Mark Caro, since the 1980s, when they collaborated on commercials, music videos and short films, with which he has developed a distinctive trademark: a genius for visual creativity and a strong sense of dark humor.
In 1990, they co-wrote and directed the wildly successful "Delicatessen," which won critical acclaim for its bizarre imagery and black humor, fairy-tale plot, and unique visual effects. The films won numerous awards and became cultural trends and fashionable topics. They became one of the brightest stars of French cinema. Although The City of Lost Children, which was highly anticipated, was a critical disappointment, audiences were still very enthusiastic.
The success of these two films caught the attention of Hollywood, and the golden couple split up, with Joinet accepting Hollywood's offer to make Alien 4. Although Junet directed the movie alone, Caro was still involved in the production as a director. However, the movie did not have the desired effect, and was really only a very mediocre science fiction movie. In the Hollywood film industry, it was difficult to utilize Rune's talents.
Junet seems to have realized this, and he has not made any more films since then, but has been working on his new film, and has gone back to making his own films. It's generally agreed that, in his partnership with Caro, Caro is better at creating graphic effects, while Journé favors actor direction and characterization. And this time he chose the role of "Amelie Bland" as the centerpiece of the film, which is undoubtedly a good use of his strengths.
Junet did a lot of preliminary work for the movie, especially focusing on some tiny, insignificant but highly infectious details, which are all derived from himself and some real-life anecdotes collected by him, as a result of several years of careful observation and recording.
Audrey Dodoo, a rising star in French cinema, won the Cesar Award for Best Film in 1999 for her role in the critically acclaimed Venus Beaute Institut, a light comedy. Dodo's performance as Marie, a young beautician who falls in love with a 60-year-old ex-pilot, won her the César for Most Promising Newcomer. And then in 2000, she gained further attention when she starred in the comedy-drama "Le Libertin" with two of the biggest stars in the business, Fanchon Pelletier and Fanny Ardant***.
Matthew Kasowitz, the movie's star, is no slouch either. He's more famous as a director than an actor, I'm afraid. He directed "La Haine," which picked up the best director award at Cannes, and last year's homegrown French blockbuster, "Les Rivières pourpres," was also his handiwork. As an actor, he can be seen in films such as Jakob the Liar and The Fifth Element. [REVIEW REACTION] Junet has a keen eye for capturing meaningful, beautiful moments, and the details that come from real life but are imbued with romantic poeticism make the film nuanced, moving and compelling. The movie is much warmer and more subtle than his past work.
This is also the best way for Joinet to convey his endless nostalgia for the Paris of his childhood, the Paris of his dreams.
It's not really an entirely happy movie; it's full of melancholy sadness and bittersweet moods. It depicts a group of lonely people who have difficulty communicating with each other and whose lives are broken and full of frustration. Underneath its rich fantasy colors and wonderful imagination is a perspective and view of real life and bittersweet life. Although the Paris in Junet's lens is idealized, it still has its realistic color. Amelie may be an idealized and stylized character, but every part of her comes from every ordinary person in daily life, and she is all around us.
Junet perfectly unites the tradition of French poetic cinema with his own personal style. We can still find Junet's dark humor and eccentric creativity in the film, but we can also find shades of older directors like Poulevy and Carne.
It is fair to say that Junet made a successful comeback with this movie. When the movie was released in France, it created a wave of popularity. It grossed more than $28 million in six weeks, which is nothing compared to Hollywood blockbusters, but it's not an easy feat for a local French movie.
It's interesting to note that opinions about the movie have gone almost polarized. Lovers are wildly enamored, while haters have no problem flogging it. As the artistic director of the Edinburgh Film Festival chose this as his opening film, "I couldn't have asked for a more upbeat film to open the festival, and couldn't have asked for a better piece of work to set the tone for the following two weeks." The "Best Movie of the Year" award at www.filmfestivals.com网站上的影评人则一点也不吝惜地把 went to it very early. But a number of critics, in rather mean-spirited tones, accused the film of being overly fantastical and not faithfully reflecting the Parisian present, but more indulging in nostalgia and lacking in the power of realism. On the other side of the coin, although there were some fair comments, a good portion of them were not convincing. For example, some have gone so far as to label the film a "fascist movie" on the grounds that it depicts Paris as it was in the 1950s - there is not a single foreigner in the streets, and it simply ignores the cultural diversity of France. That's a bit of a stretch.
A Very Long Engagement
Original title Un long dimanche de fian?ailles
English title A Very Long Engagement
Chinese title A Very Long Engagement
Production company Warner Independent Pictures Warner Independent Pictures
Date of Production 2004
Premiere Date October 27, 2004)
IMDB Link/title/tt0344510/
IMDB Rating 7.6/10 (1,133 votes)
CountryFrance/USA
GenreDrama
Director Audrey Tautou
Film Cast Audrey Tautou
Gaspard Ulliel Gaspard Ulliel
Dominique Pinon Dominique Pinon
Jodie Foster Jodie Foster
Chat Neuwirth
Dialogue in French
Synopsis
The Long Wait for a Fiancée
A French girl, Mathilde, in her childhood, at the age of three, falls from a ladder fall and has been disabled and crippled ever since. She and her childhood companion, Manasche, were childhood sweethearts. As time passes, the two grow up to be even more in love. With the spread of World War I, Manasche enlisted in the army, and before joining the army, Manasche and Mathilde had already made a promise of marriage.
At the front line in Somme, France, under heavy fire, Manasche and four other war-weary youths shoot themselves in the hands in the hope of escaping their bloody nightmare. Their actions were later discovered and they were court-martialed. The five war-dodging wounded soldiers were sent to be punished in the savage land between the German and French armies, where the intense firepower of the belligerents would give them little chance of survival.
Mathilde receives a letter from her unit informing her of what happened to Manasch and writing him off as dead. Mathilde, who is waiting distantly in her hometown for her fiancé to come home and get married, does not want to acknowledge the tragic fate, and her intuition tells her that if Manashe did leave her, she would have sensed it. While the smoke of war has cleared, Mathilde is about to embark on a grueling journey of the heart.
Over the next two years, Mathilde had to read over and over again every day the more than 70 letters that Manashe had sent her from the battlefield during his lifetime, expecting Manashe to suddenly appear in front of her one day. And with each step closer to the truth, her heart became more and more torn apart as she began to imagine how Manasch had struggled through his last moments, scenes that cut through her heart like sharp knives. Yet, Mathilde remained resilient.
Strong faith, desperate hope and stubborn investigation make Mathilde gradually see the truth, and she strings together helpful information and begins to discover a little-known scene behind the five unfortunate soldiers and the cruel punishment. Mathilde is y affected by the horrors of war, and the bloodshed leaves a lifelong indelible mark on those involved in it.......
HOTSPOTS
The mention of Jean-Pierre Genet and Audrey Tautou will surely bring to mind the well-received 2001 film "The Angel Emilie," a French flick that at the time had a rock-solid reputation It really caused a considerable French movie fever. This year's Long Engagement, with the original cast, is already getting rave reviews before it even hits theaters. There are many characters in the movie, more than 200, and there is even Jodie Foster, who has not been seen for a long time, joining the movie, although the role is not much, but it is still one of the hotspots of the movie's hype.
The Long Engagement has been hailed as "the best French film in three years," and although it missed the best foreign-language film selection for the Oscars, which will be released before Sept. 30, it is still likely to be recommended by Warner for next year's Oscars. The movie cost about 50 million dollars and is a spectacular and imposing spectacle. Director Genet departed from his ardent surrealist romantic style in favor of portraying the brutality of war and a heavy, melancholy humanity, while remaining visually jaw-droppingly original and striking.
Ghost Director and Angelic Actor
Jean-Pierre Genet began his career as a producer of television commercials and video clips, and in 1991, Genet and his partner Marc Caro completed their first feature film, "Rhapsody in a Black Store," a groundbreaking work that won four César Awards, including Best New Director and Best Scene. The success of Rhapsody in a Black Store surprised even Genet and Kahlo themselves. The jubilant duo then completed another film, the 10-year-long dream of The Night of the Lost Child's Dream, and in 1997, Genet traveled to the United States to shoot the fourth installment of the Alien franchise, Alien: Resurrection by Fire. 2000 saw him return to France to shoot the surrealist-romantic Emily the Angel, which was an unparalleled success in the history of French cinema, becoming the highest-grossing film in the country and selling over 3,300,000 units at the box office at the time. highest-grossing movie in France at the time, and became the highest-grossing French movie in history in the United States with $33 million at the box office.
When casting for "Angel Emily" in 2001, Genet's first thought when he saw Audrey Tautou was not Emily, but Mathilde. Later, when "Angel Emily" was nominated for an Academy Award, and while attending the Oscars, Genet asked Totu, "Do you still want to make a movie with me?" Even though Totu hadn't read the novel The Long Engagement at the time, she still affirmed, "No problem! As long as it's still this cast of Angel Emily." In fact, the creators of The Long Engagement, from the writers, cinematography, sound, makeup, etc., to the supporting cast, large and small, are the original cast of Angel Emily.
Totu herself loved the role of Mathilde: "I was surprised by Mathilde's optimism and resilience. I think I've always been a person who likes to be cheeky and gets down rather easily, and I felt a lot more serious and strong when I made this movie. It was the first time I felt a tangible impact of a character on the way I personally behave."
"Les Choristes"
Original title: Les Choristes
English translation: The Choir Boys
Chinese translation: "The Choir Boys"
Written and directed by Christophe Barratier)
Starring Gerard Jugnot
Jacques Perrin
Didier Flamand
Genre: Drama/Music
Premiere: March 17, 2004 March 17, 2004
Distribution: Miramax Miramax
Introduction
World-famous conductor Pierre Morhange (Jacques Perrin) returns to his hometown in France to attend his mother's funeral, where he is given an old diary by an old friend (Didier Flamand). Looking at the diary left behind by his teacher Clement (Clement Mathieu, Gerard Zuno), Pierre slowly savors his teacher's state of mind, and a scene of childhood memories emerges from the deep pool of his own memories. ......
Clement was a talented musician, but in 1949 in rural France, he didn't develop his talent. In the countryside of France in 1949, he didn't have the opportunity to develop his talent and ended up as an assistant teacher at an all-boys boarding school, nicknamed "The Bottom of the Pool" because most of its pupils were difficult and troubled children. Upon arriving at the school, Clement finds that the principal (Francois Berleand) has a brutal and high-pressure approach to governing the troubled boys, and corporal punishment is commonplace here. the closed minds of the students.
Clement begins to teach the students how to sing, but things aren't going well, and one of the biggest troublemakers is Pierre Maunier (Jean-Baptiste Maunier), who has the face and voice of an angel but the personality of a pain in the butt. He also develops a delicate relationship with Pierre's mother.
Behind the Scenes
When Christopher Bakhtiar made his directorial debut with the short film, he was looking for a good story for his first feature-length film, and he decided that it had to be about his childhood between the ages of 4 and 8, and preferably with a musical theme, so naturally, the combination brought back memories of a musical movie he saw when he was 7 or 8 years old, A Cage of Nightingales. Cage of Nightingales," which he saw when he was 7 or 8 years old, and was so moved by it that he decided to remake the 1945 film, even though he has forgotten most of the plot of the movie more than 30 years later, but the charm and essence of the movie still remains.
The search was on
Bahatiya didn't want to use just a child actor from the start, but wanted a real singer to portray Pierre. Though he knew it wouldn't be easy to find, he kept searching. In March 2003, he and his producer traveled the country and found Jean-Baptiste Maunier, a 12-year-old boy with a beautiful voice and a pleasant face in the children's choir of the St. Mark's school in Lyons, whom Bakhtiar invited to audition and who he immediately identified as the perfect choice to play the title role.
Bahatiya didn't want to use professional child actors when casting the other choir members in the film. He auditioned 2,000 potential children from elementary and middle schools near the filming location, and finally chose 65 children between the ages of 8 and 13 who had no prior acting experience, but who were natural and spontaneous. Maxence, the son of producer Jacques Perrin, also makes his acting debut in the movie, playing the childhood role of Pepinot, the protagonist's best friend.
Innovative music breaks with tradition As Bruno Coulais, who composed the film's soundtrack, said, music is the main theme of the film, so director Christopher Bakhtiar began working with Coulais on the film's music nine months before the movie began shooting in September 2002, and he wanted to avoid the traditional feel of a children's choir singing Christmas carols, instead he asked for music that was full of traditional songs. Bahatiya wanted to avoid the traditional children's choir feel of singing Christmas carols, and instead he wanted the music to be powerful and almost entirely original, and the two of them ended up co-writing a number of songs for the movie.
Bahatiya said in an interview, "Since the music we hear in the story is from the character of Clement Mathieu, the music teacher, we changed accordingly in the type of music based on the evolution of the character. Making this movie was like making a musical." For his part, Coulais cited great support from Nicolas Porte, who served as the film's choir director, and of course more importantly, the children's musical excellence. After all the hard work, the singing parts were recorded before the movie even started, and the final touch was a lush orchestral score.
The Eighth Day
Original title The Eighth Day / Le Huitième jour
Chinese title The Eighth Day / Le Huitième jour
Date of production 1996
IMDB link /title/tt0116581/
Country France/Belgium
France and Belgium.
CountryFrance/Belgium/UK
GenreDrama
Director Jaco Van Dormael
RatingArgentina:13 / Chile:14 / Portugal:M/12 / Singapore:PG / Spain:13 / Sweden:11 / UK:PG
Awards49th Cannes Film Festival, Best Actor (Daniel Auteuil)
The film was awarded with a prize for the best performance by an actor in a movie. Auteuil)
Golden Globe Award Best Foreign Language Film Nominee
French Cesar Award Best Actor Nominee
Wordplay Click to download Thank you very much cbxeu
Synopsis
George has Down's Syndrome and lives in a psychiatric institution. Henry is a busy businessman, always giving handouts as gifts to young motivated salesmen, his business career is very successful, but his social life is terrible, since his wife left him with their two children. This weekend, his wife and children are coming to visit him, but Henry is working as usual and forgets to pick them up. Neither his wife nor his children want to see him again, and Henry is bitterly angry, driving recklessly down the country roads. All the others had gone home with their parents, but since his mom had died, he couldn't be like them. On the way back from that institution, he ran almost faster than George. Henry tries to get rid of George, but he can't leave his new friend, and eventually they have a special friendship, one that makes Henry a very different person.
The movie opens with George (the retarded teenager) saying:
A long time ago, there was nothing but music.
On the first day, there was the sun, and it was blinding, and then there was the earth.
On the second day, the sea appeared, it would get its feet wet, and the wind was pleasant.
On the third day, there were records.
On the fourth day, there was television.
On the fifth day, there was the lawn. If you cut it, it cried. You had to be nice to it and say nice things to it. If you touch a big tree, you become a big tree. If you close your eyes, you become an ant.
On the sixth day, men appeared, men of all colors. I like women because they don't sting you when you kiss them. They got married and laid seed, a boy, they called him, George
On the seventh day, it was Sunday, time to rest.
On the eighth day, George met Harry.
The movie ends with Henry saying:
A long time ago, there was nothing but hell.
On the first day, there was a sun, and it was blinding.
On the second day, there was water, and it would get your feet wet.
The third day, there was the lawn, and it would cry when you cut it. You had to be nice to it and say nice things to it. If you touch the tree, you will become a big tree.
On the fourth day, there were cows, and when they panted, they gave off hot air.
On the fifth day, there were airplanes, which flew overhead just the same, even if you didn't ride in them.
On the sixth day, there were people. Men, women, children. I like women because they don't sting you when you kiss them.
On the seventh day, to rest, there were clouds. If you look at them long enough, you realize there are stories in them. Then he felt everything.
On the eighth day, he created George. George was great!
The movie starts with attention because of the novelty!
When the movie ends, look back because it's moving!
The French film "The Eighth Day", full of idyllic meandering scenes, the unexpected encounter between a lonely middle-aged man who can't find happiness and a retarded teenager who infects you with joy, triggers the kind of thinking that makes you want to find innocence and joy.
Do you remember what makes you happy? How long has your age of innocence been away from you?
What is the one thing that makes you feel relaxed when you are facing troubles?
What do you embrace when you are lonely?
Everyone is a source of joy, and when you give joy to others, you receive the joy that others give!
It's so much fun to share a laugh with someone you love! It's a way to share your heart.
Change your mood and realize ---- that things aren't so bad.
Cry when you want to cry, laugh when you want to laugh.
......
March of the Penguins
Title: March of the Penguins
Translation: Diary of the Emperor Penguins
More translations: Penguin Diary Penguin's March of the Penguins March of the Penguins
Director/Writer: Luc Jacquet
Voice: Morgan Freeman Morgan Freeman
Charles Berling Charles Berling
Romane Bohringer
Genre: Documentary
Length: 80 minutes (U.S.A.)/85 minutes (France)
Country/Region: U.S.A./France
Rating: G
Distribution: Warner Independent Pictures
Release Date: July 24, 2005 (U.S.A.)
Official Website: www.marchofthepenguins.com
IMDB Score: 8.1/10 (1,224 votes)
Recommendation: ★★★★
Plot Synopsis
Every winter, in the glacial, desolate and lonely Antarctica, a group of clans survive that defy the cold : the emperor penguins. Antarctica is a cold place all year round, and it begins to enter winter in March every year, and will last for nine months. So every March, thousands of emperor penguins leave their ocean home and leap ashore with a flick of the wrist, initially sliding tens of meters across the ground on their rounded bellies, and eventually waddling across the ice on their waddling feet. In search of a safe environment in which to reproduce and continue their race's survival, the penguins have had to give up their leisurely life in the sea, braving blackout ice storms and stumbling, like baby toddlers, on a long and arduous journey.
Guided by nature and the constellation of the Southern Cross, they make their way unerringly towards their birthplace. With a series of incomprehensible dances, and hissing a mesmerizing discordant tone, the penguins begin a courtship ritual that will soon lead to the formation of "couples".
As the days get shorter and the weather gets harsher, the female stops for a while to lay her eggs. Then, exhausted and unable to rest, she must set off immediately to continue her journey, returning to the sea to regain her strength and find food. The journey isn't always easy, with ravenous seals constantly on their backs, so the father penguins stay behind to protect the precious eggs, which they incubate on top of their paws to keep them warm.
After two months of stoicism by the father penguins, who do not eat or drink, the eggs are finally ready to hatch. While the babies can't wait to see this new white world, the dad's store of food can't hold out for long, and if the mother penguin doesn't bring food from the sea soon, the youngsters could die prematurely.
When the mother penguin returns, the roles of the parents switch, with the mother taking over from the hungry, weakened dad to care for the babies, who also face the threat of giant petrels. Day by day the climate warms, the ice floes melt, and the penguins continue their journey again and again, wandering through some of the most treacherous places on Earth, until the baby penguins make their first attempt to dive into the deep waters of the Antarctic ......