Collective Monologue

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Collective Monologue

Jul 2025

1h 44m

Documentary

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

Composed of intimate and fragmented moments of animals and careers in a community of zoos and animal rescue centers across Argentina, Collective Monologue explores the beings that continue to inhabit these polemic institutions. Zookeeper Maca dedicates both night and day to the captive animals. She has been caring for them for over twenty years in a mutual bond that moves beyond imagined boundaries, dissolving the power relationship between human-animal.

William Repass

Slant Magazine

The film reveals—and urges on—a historical shift in how we relate to other living beings.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jul 13, 2025

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

A dull and undercooked fly-on-the-wall documentary.

Jul 15, 2025

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Diego Batlle

Otroscines.com

Intimate, subtle and at times fascinating... [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3.5/5

Jan 16, 2025

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Carlos Losilla

Caimán Cuadernos de Cine

Exemplary. [Full review in Spanish]

Nov 7, 2024

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Stephen C

Real footage in 1 hour and 44 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In Latin American Spanish and American English audio versions with American English subtitles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Filmed on location in Argentina!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/26/25

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Composed of intimate and fragmented moments of animals and careers in a community of zoos and animal rescue centers across Argentina, Collective Monologue explores the beings that continue to inhabit these polemic institutions. Zookeeper Maca dedicates both night and day to the captive animals. She has been caring for them for over twenty years in a mutual bond that moves beyond imagined boundaries, dissolving the power relationship between human-animal.

Director: Jessica Sarah Rinland
Producer: Melanie Schapiro
Screenwriter: Jessica Sarah Rinland, Jessica Sarah Rinland
Distributor: Grasshopper Film
Production Co: Trapecio Cine
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 17, 2025, Limited
Runtime: 1h 44m