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Safari (2016)

Safari poster
Directed by
Ulrich Seidl
Genre
documentary film
Country
Austria
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
14
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 33 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows European tourists on a hunting trip in Africa. It shows them killing animals and the aftermath. There is no narration and the camera just watches.

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What happens

Safari is a 2016 Austrian-Danish documentary film co-written and directed by Ulrich Seidl. It premiered out of competition at the 73rd edition of the Venice Film Festival, and was later screened at the 41st Toronto International Film Festival. It is an explicit portrayal of the tourist hunting in Africa. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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