L'hypothèse du Mokélé-M'Bembé

South-easternCameroon.AFrenchzoologistinvestigatesstoriesfrompygmiesaboutaprehistoricmonster.Foryears,hehascrossedthejunglebackandforthlookingfortheunknownanimal:theMokélé-Mbembé,partlyrhinoceros,partlycrocodile,partlysnake.Hisquestguaranteesmanyhumorousmoments.<br/>　　TheLochNessmonster,theabominablesnowman,Bigfoot:theyexistinmyths,sagasandlegends.Deepinthejungleinthesouth-eastofCameroon,theFrenchzoologistandexplorerMichelBallothasforyearsbeenlookingforproofoftheexistenceofanothersuchmythicalbeing,theMokele-Mbembe.It'slikearhinoceroswiththetailofacrocodileandtheheadofasnake-atleastthatishowthepygmiesdescribethisgiantdinosaur,whichapparentlycanevenchangeitsshape.<br/>　　Inthisoccasionallycomicdocumentaryessay,Ballotturnsouttobeatenaciousinvestigator,whocross-examinesthelocalpopulationkeenlyandwantstoinstallcamerastocapturetheMokele-Mbembe.TheFrenchfilmmakerMarieVoignierfollowshimwithoutcommentary,addingmysterytoherportrait.<br/>　　IstheMokele-Mbembepurefiction,ordoesheperhapsreallyexist?OristhatquestioncompletelyirrelevantanddoesthefilmshowtheconfrontationbetweentheempiricallyinclinedWesternerandthepygmies,forwhomtraditioncounts?