To help Francis Hallé in his fight to save the last tropical forests, a documentary filmmaker with a passion for nature decides to make his first film: "The Botanist", an ecological thriller with Leonardo DiCaprio. He traces his path with malice, obstinacy, and discovers, with candor, the arcana of the seventh art. Even if he never gives up, will his film ever exist?
Direction
Marescot films his own failure with disarming self-awareness.
Writing
The script Leo never read is genuinely charming.
Production
Real access to French cinema legends for a fake movie.
Director
Luc Marescot
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Francis Hallé is a real-life canopy pioneer who invented techniques to study rainforest treetops without climbing.
The film quietly mirrors how actual climate documentaries get made: desperate pitches, celebrity chasing, and compromise.
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