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  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Kimstim Films
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Kimstim Films
  • 1 h 34 m

Summary Homo Sapiens is a film about the finiteness and fragility of human existence and the end of the industrial age, and what it means to be a human being. What will remain of our lives after we're gone? Empty spaces, ruins, cities increasingly overgrown with vegetation, crumbling asphalt: the areas we currently inhabit, though humanity has d...

Directed By: Nikolaus Geyrhalter

Written By: Abir Ahmed, Nikolaus Geyrhalter

  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Kimstim Films
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Kimstim Films
  • 1 h 34 m

Homo Sapiens

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Summary Homo Sapiens is a film about the finiteness and fragility of human existence and the end of the industrial age, and what it means to be a human being. What will remain of our lives after we're gone? Empty spaces, ruins, cities increasingly overgrown with vegetation, crumbling asphalt: the areas we currently inhabit, though humanity has d...

Directed By: Nikolaus Geyrhalter

Written By: Abir Ahmed, Nikolaus Geyrhalter

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Universal Acclaim Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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90
Jul 28, 2016
Each individual shot creates a frisson of desolation that resonates far beyond the facile irony suggested by the movie’s title.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
88
Jul 26, 2016
A real yet illusory world is evoked so seamlessly that it also feels just one step away from pure cinematic fiction.
By James Lattimer FULL REVIEW
83
Jul 27, 2016
The fact that movies are a technology of motion makes them uniquely suited to capturing stillness; Geyrhalter takes full advantage, using vivid sound design and his own eye for striking static compositions to create haunting tableaux.
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 28, 2016
Instead of uncovering artifacts from long ago, Homo Sapiens shows us our own relics in the making.
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80
Jul 26, 2016
Similar in form to the director’s previous nonfiction studies (Our Daily Bread, Over the Years), this wordless assemblage of fixed shots is as much a museum piece as it is a strictly art-house item, inviting viewers to sit back and let the imagery consume them.
By Jordan Mintzer FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion, ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen, 3sat, Filmfonds Wien
Release Date Jul 29, 2016
Duration 1 h 34 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.homosapiens-film.at/
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Awards

Edinburgh International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
• 1 Nomination

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