My Octopus Teacher (2020)

Directed by

James Reed, Pippa Ehrlich

Genre

documentary film

Country

South Africa

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

L

Rating

7.9 of 10 from 1,055 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A filmmaker forms a bond with a wild octopus in a South African kelp forest. He visits her daily over the course of a year.

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What happens

My Octopus Teacher is a 2020 Netflix Original documentary film directed by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed. It documents a year spent by filmmaker Craig Foster forging a relationship with a wild common octopus in a South African kelp forest. The film won Best Documentary Feature at the 93rd Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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