The Trouble with Nature
- IMDb link: 11469110
- IMDb rating: 6.5 (1,169 votes) Search
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Ulrik Wivel, Illum Jacobi
- Cast: Antony Langdon, Nathalia Acevedo, Andrew Jeffers and others
- Release date: 26 Oct 2020
- Release year: 2020
- Runtime: 95 minutes
- Country: Denmark, France
- Keywords: book, 18th century
Plot:
Rampant debt and a significant midlife crisis send philosopher Edmund Burke (Antony Langdon) fleeing from London to embark on an expedition through the French Alps. He brings along a servant on loan from his brother's plantation in the West Indies, a young indigenous woman named Awak (Nathalia Acevedo from Post Tenebras Lux). Together they set out to discover the sublime in this 18th-century road movie. Ill-equipped for the outdoor life, Burke whinges the days away while Awak carries all their supplies and makes sure his face is perpetually powdered. With ample snark and a masterful sense of natural light, Jacobi constructs each scene of his debut feature with a sense of humour and a delicate frame. Will Burke find a fitting subject for his philosophical inquiry in the immensity of Mother Nature's beauty? Or will the natural world become his master in the end?
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