Homo sapiens, les nouvelles origines (2020)
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー
上映時間 : 1時間 27分
演出 : Olivier Julien
シノプシス
In Morocco, new excavations on the site of Jebel Irhoud upset the generally accepted view of the dating of the appearance of man.
2万年前の地球。寒さを避けて南へと移動する動物たちとは反対に、孤独を愛するマンモスのマニーだけは北へ向かう。仲間に置いて行かれ、身の危険を感じたナマケモノのシドはマンモスといれば安心とマニーについていく。その頃、人間たちの小さな集落をサーベルタイガーのソト率いる一軍が襲っていた。赤ん坊のロシャンを抱いて必死で逃げる母ナディアだったが、川に転落、母子に気づいたシドにロシャンを託し、ナディアは命を落とす。無関心のマニーをよそに、シドはロシャンを人間のもとに届けると言い出すと、そこへソトの仲間ディエゴが近づいてきた。
大富豪ジョン・ハモンドの招待で、古生物学者グラントとサトラー、そして数学者マルコムが南米コスタリカの沖合いに浮かぶ島を訪れた。そこは太古の琥珀に閉じ込められたDNAから遺伝子工学によって蘇った恐竜たちが生息する究極のアミューズメント・パークだったのだ。だがオープンを控えたその“ジュラシック・パーク”に次々とトラブルが襲いかかる。嵐の迫る中、ついに檻から解き放たれた恐竜たちは一斉に人間に牙を剥き始めた。
地球を飛び立った宇宙船は1年余りの宇宙航行の末、とある惑星に不時着した。乗組員のテイラーたちは沈没してしまった宇宙船をあとにし、その陸地を彷徨い歩くと猿人たちが人間狩りをしている驚愕の光景を目にする。この星では高等動物の猿が、口の聞けない下等動物の人間を支配していたのだ。テイラーたちも捕まり、奴隷のように理不尽な扱いを受ける。しかし、テイラーはチンパンジーのジーラ博士とコーネリアス博士の理解と協力を得て、同じ人間の女性ノヴァと共に逃亡、新天地を探し求めていく。
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コスタリカの沖合いに浮かぶ離れ小島、ロス・シンコ・ムエルタス。そこは“サイトB”と呼ばれる、<ジュラシック・パーク計画>において恐竜をクローン生産させるための拠点だった。ところがハモンドの会社は倒産寸前で、この危機を救おうと甥のルドローは恐竜を生け捕り、見せ物にする計画を発表する。マルカムはハモンドに探検隊のリーダーを依頼されたが、一度は断った。だが恋人の恐竜学者サラがすでに出発したことを知り、慌てて彼も“サイトB”へ向かうのだが…。
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