Le peuple migrateur

I just fell in love - with Le peuple migrateur (The Traveling Birds), an exquisite French documentary that needs no narration.  Ranging from pelicans to penguins, from seagulls to storks, the stars of this film travel over vistas from all over the world.  On land, they touchingly take care of their young ones and struggle for survival under all conditions.


The film is so full of humor and wonder.  (I myself wonder, first, how migrating birds can possibly flap their wings for hours after getting no exercise for months, and how the photographers managed to have the viewer flying right along with the feathered miracles of nature.)  The soundtrack captures and enhances the movement, with humor and pathos. 


Warning: The film does contain violence!


The music includes:

Nick Cave - To Be by Your Side

Robert Wyatt - Masters of the Field

Bruno Coulais - Vers le Nord

Bruno Coulais - La Traversée

Robert Wyatt - The Highest Gander

Bruno Coulais - Tambour Battant

Bruno Coulais - Le Retour des Grues

Bruno Coulais - Le Fil Bleu

Robert Wyatt - La Forêt Rouge

A Filetta - Comme Un Souffle

Bruno Coulais - L'Envol

Bruno Coulais - Dans la Fumée des Usines

Bruno Coulais - Le Planeur

Bruno Coulais - Après la Chasse

Bruno Coulais - Les Haras en Papier

Bruno Coulais - Le Vol des Cygnes

Bruno Coulais - A Tête Barrée

Gabriel Yacoub - la colombe poignardée

Bruno Coulais - Hors Champ

One of the more poignant scenes in the film, out of many.