SAFARI

SAFARI, 2016

Austria | DCP, Color, 90´|German, English, indigenous African language

Director: Ulrich Seidl

Actors: Gerald Eichinger, Eva Hofmann, Manuel Eichinger, Tina Hofmann

Ulrich Seidl, who is known for bringing the most controversial aspects of human nature to the screen with a distinctive sangfroid, presents us with a documentary about hunting tourism. A group of European tourists goes on safari in Africa to hunt animals such as zebras, impalas and giraffes. After the animals are pronounced dead, they are loaded onto trucks and cleaned by African workers. The audience is left surprised by the detached and emotionless manner in which this process is openly portrayed. This is an unusual film about hunting tourism and human nature.