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The Chimpanzee Complex

Original title: Het Chimpansee Complex
Year: 2014
Running time: 75 min.
Country: Netherlands
Director: Marc Schmidt
Screenwriter: Marc Schmidt
Cast: Documentary
Music: Jasper Boeke
Cinematography: Rogier Timmermans, Marc Schmidt
Producer: Co-production Netherlands-Switzerland;
Basaltfilm, NCRV, Mira Filmproduktion, SRG - SSR, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, ZDF, 3Sat
Genre: Documentary | Animals
Synopsis: After years in solitary captivity, the chimpansees in a Dutch rescue center must learn to live with members of their own species again. The caretakers who accompany this process, work towards a paradoxical goal: as people they try to let the animals be animals again.

Emotional confrontations and ethical issues emphasize the ambiguous relationship between man and primate. Is it possible to think beyond the boundaries of our human perspective when trying to understand another.

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The Chimpanzee Complex

2014

Marc Schmidt