The Roots of Heaven
Of human laughter, wonder and tenderness !
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10/15/1958Runtime
121 minsOverview
In French Equatorial Africa, an idealist campaigns to save the African elephant, gaining support from a nightclub hostess and an ex-soldier. His cause attracts a mix of characters, including a U.S. commentator, a government aide opposed to him, and an ivory hunter with conflicting interests.
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A sprawling, earnest adventure across colonial Africa where an idealist's crusade to protect elephants becomes a portrait of conflicting wills and lost souls searching for meaning. The film moves between spectacle and introspection, grounded in the tension between individual conviction and institutional resistance.
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