Documentary
Duration : 52 '
Support : Digital Betacam - stereo - 16/9 - 4/3
Originale version : French
Available version : English
Director
: Thierry Berrod
Production : Mona Lisa - France 2 - France 5 -
Discovery International - IRD - CNRS Images Media
Flies and men are at war. Bloodsucking carriers of deadly diseases, flies have killed more than the wars of men over the centuries. Thanks to an international survey and new electron microscope techniques we can now discover their countless talents.
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EATING FLIES Flies contain
50% more protein than a hamburger, are five to six times more
digestible and taste delicious.
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| THE FLY DICTATOR Geerardhin is an artistic dictator. He raises thousands of flies in order to kill them. Flies provide the raw material for his artistic works.
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THE FLY COURT For
the people of the Middle Ages, swarms of flies that destroyed
the crops were a sign of the Devil or a punishment from God. Only
an ecclesiastic court could excommunicate the flies to save the
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| MAGGOT MAN John
Church's nickname is "maggot man": This surgeon does
not operate in an operating theatre but with a maggot kit. |
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"Reality has nothing to envy the film "The Fly" by David
Cronenberg… …Screenwriting is original, plenty of humour.
A remarkable document".
Tele Loisirs — January 2000
"An investigation milling with information upon the dipterous in
all possible situations. Sometimes terrifying, often funny, always fascinating".
Télé 7 Jours — 777 — January 2000
"Spectacular images filmed under the scanning electronic microscope… …investigation all over the planet… …dynamic, taking us from suspense to surprise — this documentary is sensational"
Télérama — January 2000
"…it is not a fiction upon the dipterous, it’s a documentary that consists of a good dose of humour, and serious information…"
Le Figaro — 1st January 2000
"The adventurers of Mona Lisa started a journey just over two years ago, that took them to nine countries to meet the people who, be they scientific, collectioners, artists, businessmen, have the same passion : Flies. Thierry Berrod & Quincy Russell have certainly got the sense of the formula. They have much talent".
Le Figaro —
1st January 2000