'Bestiare': Animal life, contemplated ★★★

As I write this, my son is playing "Call of Duty: Black Ops 2" in the next room. And the film I just finished watching, "Bestiare," a stoical, contemplative look-see (non-fiction by category, but not really a documentary) filmed in and around a Quebec animal park, represents the polar opposite of anything in the culture with the word "ops" in it.

Michael Phillips

November 15, 2012