If you're not a marine biologist and you haven't yet seen My Octopus Teacher, chances are good that you have no strong feelings about eight-armed cephalopods.
You might associate their tentacles with horror movies or appetizer plates — but likely not such stirring matters as interspecies communication or physical renewal after dire injury, to name two of the indelible turning points in this winningly unorthodox nature film.
No one can speak for the doc's title character, but there's no question that for Craig Foster, the documentarian and devoted diver who shares center stage with her, this is a love story.
His interest in an ordinary octopus grows into a healthy obsession, and the resulting film, from directors Pippa Ehrlich and James.
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