Gunda

Gunda

Experiential cinema in its purest form, GUNDA chronicles the unfiltered lives of a mother pig, a flock of chickens, and a herd of cows with masterful intimacy. Using stark, transcendent black and white cinematography and the farm's ambient soundtrack, Master director Victor Kossakowsky invites the audience to slow down and experience life as his subjects do, taking in their world with a magical patience and an other worldly perspective. GUNDA asks us to meditate on the mystery of animal consciousness, and reckon with the role humanity plays in it. Executive produced by Joaquin Phoenix.

  • Released: 2021-04-15
  • Runtime: 93 minutes
  • Genre: Documentaries
  • Stars:
  • Director: Viktor Kossakovsky
 Comments
  • music-maja - 15 January 2023
    Beautiful, but incredibly boring
    I loved the film at first. It has a distinct aesthetic with an impressive cinematography, and a nice calm. The piglets with their mother is charming to watch. But after ten minutes I felt that I had seen enough.

    It tries to give us a feeling of what it is like to be a pig, but although I like the concept, I never really feel that I become anything else than an observer. And it feels extremely slow and repetitive.

    Despite the interesting concept I felt bored for 90 minutes. I think a lot of people would enjoy it, if they're more patient than I am, but I just stopped paying attention for most of the movie.
  • brookesthirtyone - 15 September 2021
    Horrific
    I thought this film would be showing animals in the production line of a farm...that's how it starts off with caged chickens etc. Then I presumed it would show you how well they are living free. But this film doesn't. It shows how beautiful they are if living free and then they get taken to a slaughter house. Total opposite. Not a nice film to watch for a vegetarian. And this would not change the thoughts of a meat eater. It's filmed the wrong way round.