This short film explores the unusual reproductive cycle of seahorses, where the female gives the male eggs for both fertilisation and birth. The film is replete with scientific detail: Jean Painlevé’s narration guides our attention, and even reveals the drumming heartbeat of a newborn seahorse.
From the great French biologist-turned-filmmaker comes this breathtaking jewel of underwater surrealism and one of Jean Painlevé’s most successful films. Marvel at the magical motions of this unique and curiously medieval creature: from the magnified growth of an embryo to an explosive male birth!
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Peter Greenaway, 1988, United Kingdom
Ilian Metev, 2012, Bulgaria
Henri-François Imbert, 2003, France
Michael Almereyda, 2012, United States
Molly Reynolds, 2015, Australia
Robert Florey,Slavko Vorkapić, 1928, United States
Andrej Gontcharov, 2014, Germany
Yann Gonzalez, 2009, France
Marco Bellocchio,Silvano Agosti,Stefano Rulli,Sandro Petraglia, 1975, Italy
Vilgot Sjöman, 1968, Sweden
