Still from Where the Green Ants Dream — Where the Green Ants Dream (1984) — Werner HerzogPhotographed by Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein

Werner Herzog

Where the Green Ants Dream

Name: Where the Green Ants Dream
Genre: Drama
Released: 1984
Duration: 100 min

Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen

West Germany / German / 1984 / 1h 40m

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Drama

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Synopsis

The Australian Aborigines (in this film anyway) believe that this is the place where the green ants go to dream, and that if their dreams are disturbed, it will bring down disaster on us all. The Aborigines' belief is not shared by a giant mining company, which wants to tear open the soil and search for uranium.