Two documentaries by French filmmaker Nicolas Philibert (Etre et Avoir): Nenette (2010) and Un Animal, Des Animaux (1996).
Nenette tells the story of a 40 year-old orangutan kept at the Jardins des Plantes zoo in Paris. A star attraction at the zoo, Nenette nevertheless pays little attention to the hordes of visitors who flock to look at her. A mother of four who has outlived three mates, Nenette has lived at the zoo for over 30 years. The film shows her going about her daily routines behind glass, revealing her visitors only by their voices and as shadowy reflections in the glass.
The package also includes Un Animal, Des Animaux, in which Philibert visits the legendary Parisian Museum of Natural History and records the painstaking work of artists who repaint, re-feather, fluff and retro-fit a menagerie of stuffed animals.
