THE WHITE DIAMOND
2004, 88′
Director: Werner Herzog
Country: UK, Germany, Japan
Distributor: VIGGO
Language: OV English with Italian subtitles
Aeronautical engineer Graham Dorrington goes aboard the new prototype of his helium-powered airship, the White Diamond, to fly over the huge Kaieteur Falls in the heart of French Guiana. Twelve years earlier, a similar project to explore the canopy of the rainforest came to a tragic end with the death of Dorrington’s friend, Dieter Plage. Werner Herzog followed the researcher on his extraordinary and unforgettable adventure, making a film that alternates between the unspoiled natural environment of the Kaieteur Falls and the emotional drives of a man ready to risk his life and those of others to achieve a grand and visionary dream. The White Diamond is one of Herzog’s most inspired films, which draws together here many of his frequent themes and offers further confirmation of the unique and continuously evolving outlook of one of contemporary cinema’s most important directors.
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