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Shadow Chasers

2000-09-23 · 58 min · Not rated

Documentary

This feature-length documentary is a portrait of eclipse chasers, people for whom solar eclipses - among nature's more spectacular phenomena – are a veritable obsession. The film follows 4 of them as they travel incredible distances to witness the last total eclipse of the millennium as it sweeps eastward across Europe to India. At various points along the way enthusiasts Alain Cirou in France, Paul Houde in Austria, Olivier Staiger in Germany and Debasis Sarkar in India offer their impressions of the historic event.

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Directors
Jean Marc Larivière
Production companies
ONF | NFB
Countries
Germany, Canada, France, India, Austria
Status
Released

Top Cast

Alain CirouAlain CirouSelf
Olivier StaigerSelf
Debasis SarkarSelf
Madeleine ArsenaultMadeleine ArsenaultNarrator
James HyndmanJames HyndmanNarrator
Paul HoudePaul HoudeSelf

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