An underwater friendship
Oscar-winner My Octopus Teacher is visually stunning but the plot leaves much to be desired
published : 10 May 2021 at 04:30
My Octopus Teacher recently won the Best Documentary category at the Academy Awards, which may be a huge surprise for many. This story of a man and his unlikely friendship with an octopus in the cold ocean off Cape Town, South Africa triumphed over other heavy hitters this year like Alexander Nanau’s Collective, a shocking exposé of needless deaths in Romania; Time, a film about a wife fighting for the release of her husband…