GLADIS AND HER SISTERS
Co-produced with Cyril Pennec at Effervescence. Directed by Sofia Fischer.
In the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea merges with the Atlantic Ocean, a group of six orcas has engaged in a relentless campaign against boats. Since the end of the Covid-19 lockdown, matriarch Gladis has been roaming the waters off the coast of Spain with her sisters and daughters. Like a modern-day Moby Dick, this story of an “orca uprising” offers a fascinating exploration of our conflicting relationship with other animals and living beings.
You might think this is just the story of an orca.
It's not. It’s a story of exploitation.
It’s the story of mass extinction.
It’s the story of menopause.
It’s the story of discarded beings.
It’s the story of empathy, and where it lies—
in our brains, in our lives, and in our values.
It’s the story of who gets a say and who doesn’t,
of who holds the legitimate right to violence and who doesn’t.
It’s the story of projection.
It’s the story of basic rights:
the right to live, the right to grow,
the right to thrive outside of fear.
It’s the story of women.
It’s about a revolution that we would all like to see coming.
