March of the Penguins

Coming from a French director, Luc Jacquet, the miraculous March of the Penguins would have to be a love story. And it is, in that it follows the mating rituals of the emperor penguin, one of the most resilient animals on earth.

Every year hordes of emperor penquins march miles across the frozen wasteland of Anarctica to ensure the next generation of their kind. The ritual is held far from the coast, where penquins eat small fish to survive. The male and female penquins take turns sheltering their eggs from the bitter cold while one of them goes to get food, for themselves and for their offspring. The penquin on guard will go for months without food. Battling hunger, aerial and aquatic predators, and nature itself, the penquins try to beat the odds and raise their newborns.

This movie gives a whole new meaning to working to survive.