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Directed by | Yann Arthus-Bertrand |
Written by | Isabelle Delannoy Yann Arthus-Bertrand Denis Carot Yen le Van |
Produced by | Denis Carot Luc Besson |
Narrated by | Glenn Close (English and Dutch) Jacques Gamblin (French) Salma Hayek (Spanish) Mahmood Said (Arabic) Zhou Xun (Mandarin) Aleksandr Gruzdev (Russian) Stephen Chan Chi Wan (Hong Kong) Furkat Usmonov (Uzbek) Zdeněk Svěrák (Czech) |
Cinematography | Michel Benjamin Dominique Gentil |
Edited by | Yen le Van |
Music by | Armand Amar |
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Distributed by | Europa Corp., with sponsorship from Kering |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | France |
Budget | $12 million |
Home is a 2009 French documentary film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. The film is almost entirely composed of aerial shots of various places on Earth. It shows the diversity of life on Earth and how humanity is threatening the ecological balance of the planet. The English version was read by Glenn Close. The Spanish version was read by Salma Hayek. The Arabic version was read by Mahmood Said.
It was released simultaneously on 5 June 2009, in cinemas across the globe, on DVD, Blu-ray, television, and on YouTube, opening in 181 countries.[1] The film was financed by the luxury group Kering.[2][3] The concept of the documentary was inspired by the director's book Earth from Above.[4] The film had its world festival premiere at the Dawn Breakers International Film Festival in 2012.