Dronning uten land
Résumés(1)
An epic journey that reveals the struggle of a polar bear mother and her cubs as the ice melts under their paws. This is an unpretentious and sensitive film on the meeting between Frost, a beautiful polar bear mother, and a Norwegian wildlife filmmaker. It is a five-year journey, since their first encounter in 2013 at her arctic home in Svalbard. Climate change and especially rising temperatures are responsible for dramatic changes in her ecosystem as the ice is melting away at record speeds. The dazzling beauty of the Arctic is still enchanting. Vast landscapes, unforgettable light, and all forms of life from microscopic algae to huge walruses come together to accentuate an unprecedented struggle for survival. While avoiding didactic and normative interpretations, the film is an insightful reflection on man’s place on earth and an homage to life. With feelings alternating continually between hope and despair for Frost and her small cubs, the film explores the question “this planet is home to all of us, can we afford to ignore it?” (Norsk Filminstitutt)
(plus)Critiques (2)
The fates of animals are as dramatic and interesting as those of humans – if not more so – and Frost the bear and her cubs are proof of that. Asgeir Helgestad offers a privileged insight into the lives of (not only) polar bears inhabiting Svalbard, which is being negatively affected by climate change. Although the ice cover there is diminishing, it is still a freezing and unforgiving landscape in which its inhabitants must fight for their bare lives. I hope that the future of the local fauna will be more positive and cheerful than in the case of Frosty's cubs, aptly named Light and Lucky.
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This documentary reveals the fascinating nature of the Svalbard archipelago. Norwegian cinematographer Asgeir Helgestad tells the touching story of a polar bear named Frost and her cubs with such urgency that it is simply impossible not to realize how we are wantonly destroying this fabulous corner of our planet. It makes me so sad. (100%)
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