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Cyril Dion, defender of biodiversity with "Animal"

"Animal", documentary by Cyril Dion.

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By: Sophie Torlotin Follow |

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What distinguishes humans from other mammals on Earth?

Laughter, wrote Rabelais in the 16th century… The philosopher Descartes believed that this creature, the highest in the animal kingdom, should make itself “ 

 ”.

But, for the current Israeli philosopher Yuval Harari, what is specific to man, more precisely to Homo Sapiens, is his ability to forge stories.

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And that is precisely what Cyril Dion strives to do.

Six years after the success of his documentary

, produced with Mélanie Laurent, and which showed the ravages of global warming but also the solutions, the documentary filmmaker released the film

(December 1, 2021 in France) .

He takes two teenagers as heroes: Bella, an Englishwoman and Vipulan, a Frenchman of Sri Lankan origin, who will travel the world to understand the 6th mass extinction at work and the means to stop it.

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