Environmental Film Festival: Peace with Seals

March 19, 7 pm

Framed by two stories, this feature documentary deals with the concept of "human nature." The first story is about a seal named Gaston who, according to the Prague Zoo director, became "the most famous animal on earth" after he managed to reach Germany during a devastating flood. The second story took place 50 years earlier and tells the life story of a seal named Ulysses, caught in Sardinia by a Milan photojournalist who, in front of the cameras, tossed the animal into the famous Di Trevi fountain. Today there are urban nature reserves, aquariums instead of oceans, and seal hunting can be booked with a travel agent. Seals have become one of the most endangered mammals in Europe. Dir.: Miloslav Novák, 2007, 86 min.

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Goethe-Institut, 812 Seventh Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001-3718
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