a magnificent bird tale Pure magic! I wasn't very keen on seeing this documentary after the rather boring Micocosmos, but Le Peuple Migrateur did what few movies did, it just upset me. As a documentary I expected a rather flat direction, and yet I discovered a lofty direction full of dizzy and breathtaking shots, a cinematic direction which takes us far from man's world. The music accompanying it is touching and makes us humble faced to the beauty of what we see and hear. I was stunned all along this 1 hour 45 movie. All the birds looked unimpressed by man's presence, as if they had been tamed. Thanks to technology, Jacques Perrin fulfilled his dream, he travelled along with the birds and shared moments of real intimacy with these animals. Emotion at its best. Le peuple migrateur was the second highest budget for a French film in 2001, it was a risky bet and it is a successful one, as it is more than an animal documentary, it is a real film d'auteur. These animals' fates sometimes cross man's road. Foolish and cruel hunting, pollution, globalization, life and death as a result... Impossible not to think of human condition and of the way we change and influence the world around us while watching this work. Impressive.