The Love Life of an Octopus (1967)
- Original title
- Les amours de la pieuvre
- Directed by
- Jean Painlevé
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 13 min
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 24 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This documentary follows an octopus as it hunts for food, then mates and lays eggs. It shows how the female cares for her eggs by fanning them with water until they hatch.
observationalquietintimatecalmfocusedscientificslow-pacedearthy
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