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The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52 (2021)

The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52 poster
Directed by
Joshua Zeman
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
PG
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A group of scientists search for a whale that calls at a unique frequency, making it unable to communicate with other whales. They hope to find it and understand its life of solitude.

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What happens

The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52 is a 2021 American documentary film, directed, written, and produced by Joshua Zeman. Leonardo DiCaprio and Adrian Grenier serve as executive producers. The film follows a group of scientists in search of the 52-hertz whale, a whale which is believed to have spent its life in solitude, calling out at a frequency different from any other whale. It was commercially released in theaters and on video on demand by Bleecker Street on July 9, 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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