Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 80 min
- Age rating
- G
- Language
- French
- Country
- France
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
Every year, thousands of Antarctica's emperor penguins make an astonishing journey to breed their young. They walk, marching day and night in single file 70 miles into the darkest, driest and coldest continent on Earth. This amazing, true-life tale is touched with humour and alive with thrills. Breathtaking photography captures the transcendent beauty and staggering drama of devoted parent penguins who, in the fierce polar winter, take turns guarding their egg and trekking to the ocean in search of food. Predators hunt them, storms lash them. But the safety of their adorable chicks makes it all worthwhile. So follow the leader... to adventure!!
- cold
- parent child relationship
- penguin
- brood
- autonomy
- survival
- wildlife
- snow
- antarctica
- struggle for survival
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill

Charles Berling
Father Penguin (voice)

Romane Bohringer
Mother Penguin (voice)

Jules Sitruk
Baby Penguin (voice)

Morgan Freeman
Narrator
- Directed
- Luc Jacquet
- Written
- Luc Jacquet, Michel Fessler, Jordan Roberts
Production
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 · 1,243 ratings
- Studio
- National Geographic Films, Bonne Pioche, Wild Bunch, APC, French Polar Institute
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.










