Homo Botanicus
Guillermo Quintero
2018 - 88 min - Video Full HD - Couleur - France, Colombie

Fifteen years after abandoning his studies as a botanist, Guillermo Quintero visits his old professor Julio Betancur. With him and his new disciple, the young Cristian Castro, he returns to the Colombian tropical forests to explore once again his old passion for this science. Following their work in this expedition we understand the importance of legacy and the strength of the ancient bond between master and pupil.
As we immerse in doubts over science and the ways in which we see the world, Guillermo builds up a reflection on the obsessions of the modern man to control and map Nature. In the diverse and nearly infinite world of the tropics, what is the point of collecting plants forever?

Botanique | Écologie | Expédition | Flore | Forêt | Philosophie | Colombie


Author-Director : Guillermo Quintero
Photography : Guillermo Quintero
Sound : Marc-Olivier Brullé
Editing : Julie Borvon, Guillermo Quintero
Delegate Producer : Stank
Contribution : Sacem, Proimagenes, Scam

Distribution


Distributor : Stank

Distinctions

2018 - DOK Leipzig - International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Leipzig (Allemagne) : Sélection