One Life

Synopsis: Focuses on the cyclical journey taken by all living creatures, from birth to having youngsters of their own.

Genre: Documentary, Family

Director(s): Michael Gunton, Martha Holmes

Actors: Daniel Craig, Koert-Jan de Bruijn

Production: Screen Vision

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.


IMDB:: 7.9
Metacritic:: 68
Rotten Tomatoes:: 90%

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: TV-PG
Year:: 2011
: 85 min
: Website
: 6 Views

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A universe of stars shines down
on one special planet.
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Our planet. Our home.
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The only planet we know that has life.
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Life began when the Earth was young
and it started small...
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when one tiny molecule
managed to make a copy of itself.
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Since then...
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since that magical moment...
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life has swept across the globe...
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filling every corner of our world.
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Today there are some 5 million
different species on the planet.
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5 million different ways
of staying alive.
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This is a story that connects us all.
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lt's a story of hope and of triumph.
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A story of our journey through life.
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Every life begins with a birth.
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And every mother must choose
where her baby's life begins.
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A Weddell seal has come to this desert
of snow and ice to have her pup.
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The pup is only a few hours old
and is helpless.
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He is entirely dependent
on his mother.
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lt may be spring,
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but the temperature can still drop
to minus 20 degrees
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and winds of 70 miles an hour
roar across the ice.
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All his mother can do is try to shelter him
with her own body.
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Trust that she can keep
her infant alive.
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So why has she chosen here,
of all places, to have her pup?
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lt's because here,
they're safe from their enemies.
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ln the middle of this vast frozen sea,
no predator can reach her or her baby.
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but there's no food here.
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So the mother keeps this ice hole open,
the only route to her hunting ground.
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And it must become
his hunting ground, too.
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She has to persuade him
into the water.
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He's not keen.
And who can blame him?
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but he soon discovers
this is where he was born to be.
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Now, life's adventure can begin.
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Wherever you look in the world,
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so much of growing up
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depends on the skill and determination
of your parents.
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These snow monkeys
live in a volcanic mountain range
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in the cold North.
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They have wonderfully thick furry coats,
but they still feel the cold.
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And the winter here is hard
on the little ones.
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Some snow monkeys have discovered
there is a better way.
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Steamy hot thermal springs.
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These resourceful mothers
bring their babies here
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to escape the worst of the winter
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