Marc Schmidt

After years in solitary captivity, the chimpanzees in a Dutch rescue centre must learn to live with members of their own species again.

After years in solitary captivity, the chimpanzees in a Dutch rescue centre must learn to live with members of their own species again. The caretakers who oversee this process continuously encounter a paradox within their work: is it possible to think beyond the boundaries of our human perspective when trying to understand another species? As people they try to let the animals be animals again but emotional confrontations and ethical considerations emphasize the ambiguous relationship between man and primate.