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The Besieged Fortress

20066.7 / 1082 min

Documentary

Overview

A young couple, a king and queen termite, settle down and build a grand empire within a massive mound. When the mound suffers damage from rain, fire, and a falling branch, the scent from the termite colony is carried off by wind and catches the attention of a swarming driver ant colony led by their "black queen." Now a war is waged as ant and termite fight a battle of minuscule proportions for the survival of their very colonies.

Cast

Benoît Allemane

Récitant / Narrator (voice)

Christian Brückner

Crew

Philippe Calderon

Director

François Calderon

Producer

Thierry Commissionat

Producer

Benoît Tschieret

Producer

Philippe Calderon

Writer

Guillaume Vincent

Writer

Frederic Weber

Music

Nedjma Berder

Cinematography

Piotr Stadnicki

Cinematography

Sylvain Lebel

Editor

Jean-Yves Kervevan

Production Design

Benoît Tschieret

Production Manager

Geneviève Liénard

First Assistant Director

Stéphane Bergeron

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Didier Gatouillat

Sound

Henry Godding Jr.

Foley Mixer

Henry Godding Jr.

Foley Recordist

Jonathan Liebling

Foley Artist

Jonathan Liebling

Sound Effects

Peter Lopata

Sound Effects Editor

Louis Molinas

Sound Effects Editor

Luc Raymond

Assistant Sound Editor

Peter Lopata

Supervising Sound Editor

Isabelle Langlois

Digital Compositor

Anna-Katia Vincent

First Assistant Camera

François Massé

Digital Intermediate Editor

Darren Fung

Conductor

Roger Guérin

Scoring Mixer

Francois Maurice

Music Editor

Georges Marbeck

Writer