Every year, great numbers of dolphins are separated from their pods and sold to amusement parks worldwide. Here they grow lonely and?€“ like the eponymous hero from ?€œFlipper?€? ?€“ they sometimes just cease to breathe and die. This experience Flipper?€™s opened Richard O?€™ Barry?€™s eyes. He and director Psihoyos expose a gruesome massacre that 23,000 dolphins fall victim to every year in Taiji, Japan. The government turns ablind eye. A stirring documentary thriller.

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Director: Louie Psihoyos

Screenplay: Mark Monroe

Cast: Richard O'Barry Simon Hutchins Mandy-Rae Cruickshank

Producer: Paula DuPré Pesmen Fisher Stevens

Orig. Titel: The Cove
Section: Agenda 11
Original language: English
Filmtype: Documentary Feature
Music: J. Ralph
DoP: Brook Aitken
Editor: Geoffrey Richman
Format: 35 mm

German Distributor: drei-freunde Filmverleih
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Production Company: Diamond Docs