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Coming
from
a
French
director,
Luc
Jacquet,
the
miraculous
MARCH
OF
THE
PENGUINS
would
have
to
be a
love
story.
And
so
it
is.
The
film
explores
the
mating
rituals
of
the
emperor
penguin,
one
of
the
most
resilient
animals
on
earth.
Each
summer,
after
a
nourishing
period
of
deep-sea
feeding,
the
penguins
pop
up
onto
the
ice
and
begin
their
procession
across
the
frozen
tundra
of
Antarctica.
Walking
doggedly
in
single
file,
they
are
a
sight
to
behold.
Hundreds
converge
from
every
direction,
moving
instinctively
toward
their
mating
ground.
Once
there,
they
mingle
and
chatter
until
they
find
the
perfect
mate--a
monogamous
match
that
will
last
a
year,
through
the
brutal
winter
and
into
the
spring.
During
that
time,
the
mother
will
give
birth
to
an
egg
and
then
leave
for
the
ocean
to
feed
again.
The
father
will
stay
to
protect
the
egg
through
the
freezing
blizzards
and
pure
darkness
of
winter,
which
would
be
deadly
to
practically
any
other
species.
Finally,
with
spring,
the
egg
hatches
and
the
baby
penguins
are
born.
Mothers
return
from
the
sea
to
reunite
with
their
families
and
feed
the
starving
newborns,
while
the
fathers
are
finally
relieved
of
their
protective
duties
after
months
without
food.
This
remarkable
story
is
narrated
by
Morgan
Freeman,
whose
dignified
voice
gives
the
penguins
the
grave
admiration
they
deserve.
But
even
more
incredible
is
the
photography,
which
shows
the
penguins
hunting
underwater,
sliding
on
the
ice,
and
even
what
definitely
looks
like
kissing.
At
one
point
the
camera
even
zooms
inside
the
mouth
of a
penguin
as
it
regurgitates
food
for
its
young.
A
story
of
love
and,
more
strikingly,
survival,
MARCH
OF
THE
PENGUINS
is a
stirring,
eye-opening,
and
educational
experience.
Rated
G
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of
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