All human beings are cousins among themselves. The assumptions
of Darwin’s theory of evolution, 150 years after publishing The
Origin of Species, is confirmed by modern genetic science. In
this documentary we see Darwin develop and define his theory.
The story starts in 1858. At 49 he is a respected naturalist,
but worries because what he intends to publish - The Origin of
Species - is going to dispute widespread cultural and religious
beliefs. The genre is the documentary, combined with the
spectacularity, high pace, and edu-entertainment style of TV
broadcasts. Darwin, interpreted by an actor, is shown while
writing, strolling, meditating, observing. It is like a time
machine that brings us one and a half centuries back and allows
us to observe the great scientist from the outside, without
bothering him and without his realizing. With comments by the
main scholars of Darwin’s theory - historian John Van Wyhe,
evolution biologist Richard Dawkins, zoologist Cyrille Barrette,
and evolution biologist Pierre-Hen