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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

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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