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Leviathan is a french film of genre Documentary directed by Véréna Paravel released in USA on 1 march 2013

Leviathan (2012)

Leviathan
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Released in USA 1 march 2013
Length 1h27
Directed by
OriginFrance
Rating64% 3.249983.249983.249983.249983.24998

Leviathan is a 2012 documentary film directed by Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel of the Sensory Ethnography Lab at Harvard University. It is an experimental work about the North American fishing industry. The film has been acquired for U.S. distribution by The Cinema Guild.

The filmmakers used GoPro cameras and worked 20 hour shifts during the shooting of the film.

Synopsis

Le quotidien d'un chalutier qui, de jour comme de nuit, pêche les animaux de la mer et en recrache les restes sanguinolents sous l'œil des goélands affamés.

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