Oil Spill of The Century

In 1978, the Amoco Cadiz, a supertanker loaded with 220,000 tons of petrol, ran aground in Brittany, France. The accident caused the biggest oil spill France has ever known and is still today known as one of the 20th century’s biggest ecological catastrophes. Forty years later, Loïck Peyron tries to understand how nature recovered from the disaster and what lessons were learned from it.

Release Date

March 16, 2018

Status

Released

Original Title

Amoco Cadiz: la marée noire du siècle, 40 ans après

Runtime

44min

Budget

Revenue

Language

French, German

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