Don't miss another showing...

Film Chase will notify you via email when The Despair of the Monkeys is being screened in cinemas across the UK, including Cineworld, Odeon, Vue, Showcase, Curzon, Everyman, and more.

Get notified instantly whenever The Despair of the Monkeys is showing in a UK cinema!

The Despair of the Monkeys's poster image

The Despair of the Monkeys

The first films of Patagonia - where I grew up - show a territory that no longer exists, as the araucarias, millenary trees from the Patagonian forests, were in part replaced by more productive pines. Near my new home, in Belgium, I find araucarias that adorn front gardens. We hear some girls playing in the car, pointing out araucarias on the road. How did these plants become a petty-bourgeois fashion in northern Europe? I confront these archives with contemporary technoscientific images, used by a lab to explore plant modifications. What can these modes of representation tell us about our time?

Director: Julián García Long

Media

The Despair of the Monkeys's poster