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Autumn and the Black Jaguar

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Autumn and the Black Jaguar
Poster for Le Dernier Jaguar featuring a young girl sitting in a lush green jungle beside a black jaguar cub. A waterfall cascades in the background, with sunlight filtering through the dense foliage. The title appears in elegant gold lettering at the bottom.
Teaser poster
Directed byGilles de Maistre[1]
Screenplay byPrune De Maistre[1]
Produced byCatherine Camborde
Marco Colombo
Gilles de Maistre
Mattia Della Puppa
Sylvain Proulx
Jonathan Vanger
StarringEmily Bett Rickards[1]
Lumi Pollack[1]
Paul Greene[1]
Kelly Hope Taylor[1]
Letitia Brookes[1]
Wayne Baker[1]
Lucrezia Pini[1]
CinematographyOlivier Laberge
Edited byJulien Rey[1]
Music byArmand Amar[1]
Production
companies
Wishing Tree Productions[1]
Adler Entertainment[1]
Distributed byStudioCanal (France and Germany)[1]
Photon Films[2][3]
TVA Films[4][5][1] (Canada)
01 Distribution[1]
Leone Film Group[6] (Italy)
Release dates
  • 1 February 2024 (2024-02-01) (Germany)[1]
  • 7 February 2024 (2024-02-07) (France)[1]
  • 22 February 2024 (2024-02-22) (Italy)[1]
  • 1 March 2024 (2024-03-01) (Canada)
Running time
100 minutes[1]
CountriesFrance[1]
Canada[1]
Italy[1]
LanguageEnglish[1]
Budget€10 million[7]
Box office$22 million[8]

Autumn and the Black Jaguar (French: Le dernier jaguar, Italian: Emma e il giaguaro nero) is a 2024 adventure film directed by Giles de Maistre. The film stars Lumi Pollack as Autumn, who discovered her childhood village is under threat from animal traffickers and decides she must return to the Amazon to her jaguar.

The film was released in France on 7 February 2024.

Cast

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  • Lumi Pollack as Autumn Edison
  • Paul Greene as Saul Edison
  • Emily Bett Rickards as Anja
  • Kelly Hope Taylor as Doria Dargan
  • Wayne Baker as Oré
  • Lucrezia Pini as Celya

Synopsis

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Growing up in the Amazon rainforest gave Autumn the rarest of friendships - a lost jaguar cub she discovers named Hope. When a tragic event forces Autumn to leave Hope for the unknowns of New York City, she dreams for years of going back to the rainforest and her friend. Aged 14, and having grown accustomed to city life, Autumn discovers her childhood village is under threat from animal traffickers and decides she must return to the Amazon to her beloved jaguar. Anja - Autumn's endearingly clumsy biology teacher - unsuccessfully tries to dissuade her from this reckless plan. Joined by Anja, Autumn embarks on a journey to reunite with Hope and save her from those who seek to destroy the rainforest and its wildlife.

— StudioCanal[9]

Production

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Development

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The Last Jaguar is indirectly linked to Mia and the White Lion and its success all over the world, who were asking for a sequel to Giles de Maistre. But the director explained:

It was unthinkable, the relationship between the young girl and the lion had ended with the end of filming, and we couldn't "take it back". A Mia and the White Lion 2 was therefore out of the question, but it made me think of another idea, using the same team to highlight this time the destruction of the Amazon rainforest and the very lucrative and little-known "animal trafficking".[10]

Filming

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Filming took place in January 2022 in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, and from September to early December 2022 in Montreal, Canada.[10] Filming lasted for 60 days.[7]

Release

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The film was first released in Germany on 1 February 2024,[11] and later in France on 7 February 2024.[12] It was also released in Italy on 22 February 2024,[13] 1 March 2024 in French-speaking Canada,[14] and 29 March 2024 in English-speaking Canada.[15] On June 11, 2024, Blue Fox Entertainment acquired the U.S. distribution rights to the film,[16] and released the film theatrically on January 17, 2025.[17]

Reception

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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 36% of 11 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.7/10.[18]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "Autumn and the Black Jaguar de Gilles De Maistre (2023) - Unifrance". en.unifrance.org. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  2. ^ "Autumn and the Black Jaguar | Photon Films". Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  3. ^ "Autumn and the Black Jaguar". REEL CANADA. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  4. ^ "Festival international du film pour enfants : "Le dernier jaguar" remporte le Prix du public". TVA Nouvelles. 2024-03-14. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  5. ^ "Le dernier jaguar | TVA Films". tvafilms.ca (in Canadian French). 2023-04-27. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  6. ^ "Emma e il giaguaro nero". www.leonefilmgroup.com. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  7. ^ a b Balle, Catherine (2024-02-07). "" Le Dernier Jaguar " : comment Gilles de Maistre a filmé le plus grand prédateur de la jungle amazonienne". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  8. ^ "Autumn and the Black Jaguar - Box Office Mojo". Retrieved 2025-02-13.
  9. ^ "Autumn and the Black Jaguar (2024) - STUDIOCANAL". StudioCanal (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  10. ^ a b AlloCine. Les secrets de tournage du film Le Dernier Jaguar (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-31 – via www.allocine.fr.
  11. ^ "Ella und der schwarze Jaguar". KINO (in German). Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  12. ^ Igney, Natja (2024-12-22). "The Black Jaguar – Militant Cinema Wrapped in Poetry – Riviera Buzz". Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  13. ^ Guglielmino, Andrea (2024-02-14). "'Emma e il giaguaro nero', parabola ambientalista". Cinecittà News (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  14. ^ "TVA Films sortira le film « Le dernier jaguar » le 1er mars 2024". Qui fait Quoi / Lien MULTIMÉDIA (in French). 2024-02-01. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  15. ^ Seah, Gilbert (2024-03-24). "This Week's Film Reviews ( March 29th, 2024) - AfroToronto.com". afrotoronto.com. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  16. ^ "DEADLINE: Blue Fox Entertainment Acquires Family-Friendly Adventure Film 'Autumn And The Black Jaguar' From Studiocanal - Blue Fox Entertainment". www.bluefoxentertainment.com. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  17. ^ Complex, Valerie (2024-06-11). "Blue Fox Entertainment Acquires Family-Friendly Adventure Film 'Autumn And The Black Jaguar' From Studiocanal". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  18. ^ "Autumn and the Black Jaguar | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2025-02-21.
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