Film

Children’s Game #9: Saltamontes

2011 · 6m · Documentary

Girls and boys, together for once, hunt through lush grass and undergrowth, on the lookout for well-camouflaged grasshoppers. When one is found its hind legs are pulled off, though not its wings. Each child hurls his or her grasshopper up into the air, where it flutters against the sky above the upturned faces of the skipping, wheeling children. Unable to fly far, it will soon free-fall and be captured again. The winner is the player whose grasshopper stays the longest in the air.

• Francis AlÿsDirector
• Julien DevauxEditor

Release date

January 1, 2011

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

6m

Genres

Documentary