Vincent Munier's 'Il Canto della Foresta' reaches cinemas and defends a documentary without effects

Card. Title: "Il Canto della Foresta", original title "Le Chant des Forêts". Directed by Vincent Munier, a French wildlife photographer. Shot in the forests of the Vosges, in France, over at least ten years. Italian release: Thursday 12 November 2026. Distribution: in cinemas across the country with the support of Lipu, which offers members a reduced ticket and a special screening on Sunday 15 November at 6 pm at the Multisala Lux in Rome.

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On production, the note issued by the association is precise: no archive footage, no re-enactments. Munier explains that the film is the result of "a daily and constant presence", and that the shooting happened while waiting for the right moments — what he calls "the rare moments of grace in which the encounter happens".

Three generations share the same ground: Simon, the director's son, his father Vincent and his grandfather Michel, a naturalist and environmentalist who devoted his life to defending the Vosges forest. Around them: lynx, deer, foxes, woodpeckers, night birds of prey and the capercaillie, described as the species that has marked the lives of Michel and Vincent most.

Awards: the film won two César awards, for best documentary and best sound. The director's stated intention is quoted in full by the source: "It makes me angry to see how little we are touched by the harm we inflict on the non-human living world," Munier says, "But I want to keep hoping that a more sensitive and poetic approach to nature can transform us."

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• Lipu
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