Ten years after the film Home (2009), Yann Arthus-Bertrand looks back, with Legacy, on his life and fifty years of commitment. It's his most personal film. The photographer and director tells the story of nature and man. He also reveals a suffering planet and the ecological damage caused by man. He finally invites us to reconcile with nature and proposes several solutions
Cinematography
Arthus-Bertrand's aerial shots that make Earth look borrowed, not owned.
Direction
One man's fifty-year panic attack, beautifully composed.
Director
Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Arthus-Bertrand filmed 'Home' (2009) from a helicopter using only solar power, and 'Legacy' marks his first extensive on-camera appearance after decades behind the lens.
The film directly addresses the failure of COP conferences and was released shortly before COP26, making its despair-then-hope structure a deliberate political intervention.
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