Luciana’s office is a place of miracles. This is where strangers confide in her, share their most profound desires and concerns. And Luciana? She circles her huge magnifying glass over the pages of old books to soon find the perfect coordinates for a spiritual new beginning. In his new film, Peter Kerekes becomes nothing less than a witness to psychomagical acts. The Neapolitan astrologer is not only able to calculate the perfect birthday spot for those who seek advice – in her blunt way, she aims right at the centre of personal dramas. A pair of identical twins, for example, argue whether one of the sisters should fulfil the other’s longing for a child, while an unhappy mother yearns to rekindle her relationship. Luciana sends the twins to Beirut, the mother to Alaska. Kerekes accompanies them on their journeys of salvation, even if Alaska turns into an air conditioner and a few buckets of ice cubes for reasons of practicality. He always brings out the comic potential of a story while pointing out complicated conflicts with astonishing poignancy: possessive mother figures and absent fathers, loneliness in a relationship and the fear of change. “Wishing on a Star” is a charming consultation that boldly confronts the big questions in life.
在位于赞比亚腹地的南卢安瓜国家公园，花豹、鬣狗、杂色狼和狮子共同生活在卢安瓜河畔一片名为恩塞富的葱郁之地，这里生机勃勃，是养育后代的理想家园，因此，这里的生存空间十分拥挤。 花豹母亲奥林巴在恩塞富中心地带养育幼崽，杂色狼雌性首领斯托姆率领族群突然闯入，打破了原有的平静。而斯托姆的杂色狼族群很快就要直面重返此地的狮群。狮群虽袭击了雌性鬣狗腾塔的家族，但即便是狮子也得时刻保持警惕，尤其是它们自己也在养育幼崽。 四个动物家族虽是凶猛的捕食者，但《动物王国》展现了它们温柔的一面：鬣狗妈妈哺育幼崽的时间远超其他捕食者；花豹妈妈奥林巴允许幼崽拿一头脾气暴躁的河马练习捕猎技能；杂色狼对受伤同伴展现出超乎寻常的关怀。动物家族内部同样暗流涌动——花豹母女最终竟成为彼此最大的竞争对手。同时，自然力量也在不断重塑动物们的生存环境：野火、洪水与一条滋养万物的河流主宰着这里的一切。在恩塞富，四个动物家族的命运早已紧密交织。多年来，各个家族兴衰沉浮，究竟谁能成为这片瑰丽王国的主宰？
沃纳·赫尔佐格将再度联手地球学家克里夫·奥芬海默拍摄纪录片[火球](Fireball，暂译)，聚焦陨星和彗星。奥芬海默曾现身2016年赫尔佐格自编自导的Netflix纪录片[进入地狱]，此次二人将共执导筒。英国制片公司Spring Films与赫尔佐格的制片公司Werner Herzog Filmproduktion联合制作。
