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Dir. Viktor Kossakovsky, US/Norway, 2020, 93 mins.Hailed as “pure cinema” by Paul Thomas Anderson and a “visceral meditation on existence” by Joaquin Phoenix (its executive producer), Kossakovsky’s astonishing film is a vivid and hypnotic documentary study of the world of animals. Set on a farm and shot in natural light, featuring long takes and no score or voiceover, Gunda invites you to view the lives of a mother sow and a scene-stealing, one-legged chicken through new eyes. Kossakovsky movingly recalibrates our moral universe, exploring the inherent value of life and the mystery of animal consciousness. Gunda reminds us that we share our planet with billions of other animals, giving us, in Phoenix’s words, “a mesmerising perspective on sentience within animal species, normally – and perhaps purposely – hidden from our view”.
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Plymouth Arts Cinema, Tavistock Place, Plymouth, United Kingdom
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