MY OCTOPUS TEACHER Trailer (2020) Netflix A filmmaker forges an unusual friendship with an octopus living in a South African kelp forest, learning as the animal shares the mysteries of her world.
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My Octopus Teacher review - a poignant love story between man and mollusc.
There is amazing magic in this documentary of an extraordinary relationship.
It's technically a nature documentary but plays more like a magical-realism love story that crosses the species transom and unlocks some kind of deeper truth and awareness.
Lots of creatures are clever and full of surprises, obviously, but what separates My Octopus Teacher is emotional intelligence; a real and miraculous bonding that takes place over time and is pretty inarguable. It’s stirring for the viewer, as though some kind of barrier has been broken down between human beings and our neighbors; between land and what lies beneath. This sounds creepy, I know, but it never plays like that for a second; it’s a frank and touching account of surprising intimacy.
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