Lynx Man

Lynx Man

2023
1h 20m
6.0

6.0/10

2 votes • View on IMDb

"Where do you draw the line between man and animal?"

Overview

A Finnish equivalent of Werner Herzog’s Grizzly Man, Hannu has a love and connection to nature that surpasses most. It is the rare lynx in particular that has bitten into Hannu’s heart – so much so that he actually claims to be able to speak its language. So when a dead lynx turns up in his forest, he dons an animal mask, crawls down on all fours and sniffs out the mystery through the mire and thicket. With hauntingly beautiful footage captured by hidden cameras throughout the forest, ‘Lynx Man’ paints a colourful and vivid twilight picture of the natural world around us – and of man’s impact on it. For no matter what Hannu does to live in harmony with the animals, he cannot hide from belonging himself to the species that is the lynx’s worst enemy. It makes sense that most of Juha Suonpää’s atmospheric film takes place in the twilight between dream and reality. Here, the vast forests come alive in Hannu’s hypnotic Night Vision footage of the nocturnal life of the lynx.

Status: Released

Language: FI

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Production Information

Production Companies
Wacky Tie Films Swamphead Klara Films Film Tampere
Production Countries
Finland
Spoken Languages
Finnish

Quick Facts

Original Title Ilveskuiskaaja
Release Date September 1, 2023
Status Released
Language FI
IMDb ID tt27129459
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Cast

Hannu Rantala
Hannu Rantala

Self

Key Crew

Juha Suonpää
Director
Niina Virtanen
Producer
Pasi Hakkio
Producer
Juha Suonpää
Writer
Hanna Kaihlanen
Writer