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My Octopus Teacher

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Directed by James Reed and Pippa Ehrlich
Written by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed
With: Craig Foster
Cinematography: Roger Horrocks
Editing: Pippa Ehrlich and Dan Schwalm
Music: Kevin Smuts
Runtime: 85 min
Release Date: 07 September 2020
Aspect Ratio: 1.78 : 1
Color: Color
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Breathtaking photography and an elegantly crafted structure carry the viewer through this meditative, narrated story of a diver who spends every day in an underwater kelp forest off the coast of South Africa and the mollusc that fascinates him.