Lucy, the Human Chimp

2021

Action / Documentary

2
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 478 478

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Plot summary

The profound story of Lucy Temerlin, a female chimpanzee raised as human from birth in a domestic environment, and Janis Carter, the woman who took on the seemingly impossible task of giving her a new life in the wild.

Director

Alex Parkinson Photo
Alex Parkinson

Top cast

Peter Elliott Photo
Peter Elliott as Lucy
Jacinta Mulcahy Photo
Jacinta Mulcahy as Jane Tamerlin
Matthew Brenher Photo
Matthew Brenher as Dr. Maurice Temerlin
Lorna Nickson Brown Photo
Lorna Nickson Brown as Janis Carter
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730.76 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
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29.97 fps
1 hr 19 min
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1.47 GB
1920*800
English 5.1
NR
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29.97 fps
1 hr 19 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by mycannonball 7 / 10

Pretty Fascinating

In the end, this expose is as much about the young woman who devotes her life to trying to get a human-raised chimp to adapt to the wild. It's a study of human psychology and isolation as much as it is one of chimp behavior. Weirdly fascinating.
Reviewed by Reno-Rangan 10 / 10

Born in the human world, raised by the human parents.

Most of the human and (wild) animal relationship movies are comedies and mostly targeted audience were children, families. Its either entertainment film or the documentary film.Take for instance, take the recent film based on the real, The One and Only Ivan (2020) or any DisneyNature films. But there are some fine realistic films too we can find, and this is one of those.Very emotional tale, reminded me of the Jane Hawking, the wife of Stephen Hawking from the film, The Theory of Everything (2014). Yes, a woman who dedicated all her life for another person, like a servant, slave. The commitment she expected nothing in return.In this story, if she wanted, she could have looked after her own life, instead she dedicated to Lucy, a human chimp that's born in the human world, raised by the human parents and sent to live the wild life as it meant to be in the African jungle.Was it a right decision? Very debatable among the commoners and the experts. But 40 years ago the world was different than what human think and do today.They had not had the original footages, so they recreated it with the actors to accomplish the project. It was a short film, but very good. I hope this will turn into a real motion picture. I definitely want that.
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