Gran Paradiso Film Festival

From July 23 to 28, 2018 in Cogne and August in the Grand-Paradis valleys

My life as a turkey (La mia vita da tacchino)

David Allen

GREAT BRITAIN, 2011

59’

Joe Hutto's decision to imprint and raise thirteen endangered wild turkeys was a unique experiment that turned into an incredible journey of enlightenment. Taking place deep in the Florida wilderness, Joe becomes a turkey mother, he does not see another human for well over a year. My life as a Turkey explores one of those rare moments when man and animal unwittingly become linked closer than nature should allow.

The film's narrative is Joe Hutto's extraordinary journal, which encourages a different level of understanding of nature. An entirely original approach to the genre of natural history documentary.