The Mushroom Speaks

2021
1h 29m

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The film traces possible alliances with the fungal reign. As if in an uprising of spores, the encounters of the film explore the theme of renewal, and question what connects us when the worl... Read allThe film traces possible alliances with the fungal reign. As if in an uprising of spores, the encounters of the film explore the theme of renewal, and question what connects us when the world seems to be falling apart.The film traces possible alliances with the fungal reign. As if in an uprising of spores, the encounters of the film explore the theme of renewal, and question what connects us when the world seems to be falling apart.

Director
- Marion Neumann
Writer
- Marion Neumann

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

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Director
- Marion Neumann
Writer
- Marion Neumann

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 5 nominations total

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The mushroom talks.

After seeing the delightful Aya (2021-also reviewed) I decided to see what other movies were appearing on the WOW Film Festival line-up. Standing out as the most peculiar sounding title at the event, I got ready to listen to the mushrooms.

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Travelling round the world to film the rarest fungi, writer/ director Marion Neumann serves up a fascinating study of mushrooms, with Neumann displaying the relationship of humans and fungi in the most unusual, unexpected places, such as the Matsutake mushroom being the first thing to grow from the ashes of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, and one used by wives to make their husbands infertile.

Going down to collect mushrooms,Neumann interviews a great mix of those who study fungi in a scientific manner, and business owners who grow craft mushrooms.

Making mushrooms connection with Earth a major element of the documentary, Neuman grows an excellent soundtrack which layers the interviews with the calming sound of fungi growing, as the mushrooms begin to speak.