The latest work from the acclaimed documentarist Nicolas Philibert (Être et Avoir), is a meticulous observation of a famous orang-utan - Nénette - kept in the Jardin de Plantes, one of the oldest zoos in Paris. The animal sees 600,000 visitors a year - all having something to say when gazing at her through the glass, as she remains silent, mysterious, elusive.
Philibert plays with the visible and the invisible, capturing a thought-provoking image of our humanistic fears and projections, (…)