L’Homme de Florès ou le conte des derniers Hobbits

  • Laurent Orluc
  • Documentary
  • 2010
  • 52 min

An amazing discovery was made a few years ago on the island of Flores in Indonesia: archaeologists exhumed the bones of an unknown human species, barely one metre high in adulthood. These “Hobbits”, as the researchers called them, hunted strange animals such as the Komodo dragon, giant rats and dwarf elephants. Today, in the surrounding villages, people relate curious tales about tiny men covered with fur… causing scientists to wonder if some of these creatures may not still be alive…

Production
  • Ex Nihilo
  • Blanche Guichou
Coproduction
  • Teol Productions
Distribution Doc & film
International seller Doc & film