Home (2009 film)

Home
The film's title card
Directed byYann Arthus-Bertrand
Written byIsabelle Delannoy
Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Denis Carot
Yen le Van
Produced byDenis Carot
Luc Besson
Narrated byGlenn 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)
CinematographyMichel Benjamin
Dominique Gentil
Edited byYen le Van
Music byArmand Amar
Production
company
Distributed byEuropa Corp., with sponsorship from Kering
Release date
  • 5 June 2009 (2009-06-05)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
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.

  1. ^ "Official Selection". Archived from the original on 6 January 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Home - The Movie". PPR. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
  3. ^ Marvier, Marie (5 June 2009). "Ecologie : Home, le nouveau film de Yann Arthus-Bertrand". Culture (in French). Paris, France: France-Soir. Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
  4. ^ Baume, Maïa de la (28 January 2011). "For a Filmmaker, the Green Things in Life Are Free". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 9 November 2021.

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