The Botany of Desire
Oct 28, 2009 | IMDB 6.6
116 min Watch NowDocumentary
Featuring Michael Pollan and based on his best-selling book, this special takes viewers on an exploration of the human relationship with the plant world — seen from the plants' point of view. Narrated by Frances McDormand, the program shows how four familiar species — the apple, the tulip, marijuana and the potato — evolved to satisfy our yearnings for sweetness, beauty, intoxication.
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IMDB 7.3 | Sep , 2005
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IMDB 5.8 | Nov , 1957
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IMDB 8.5 | Oct , 2011
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