A quiet island, lost in the pacific ocean. Nothing worth of interest, until the day a stroke of luck, phosphate, provided by the island's coral core, led the country to incredible heights: in 1975, it became the second richest country per inhabitant in the world after Saudi Arabia... Only to plunge into ruins a few years later.

　　他的镜头是打开的心眼，在最细微处直视灵魂，看到巴西巨坑五万掏金者的集体面相，看到科威特油井冲天大火的真正英雄，看到非洲的死亡延续着生存。每次的拍摄方案都是经年的万里长征，是人神共舞，每次成果都引起巨大回响。合导的儿子伴着老爸远征，只见他用海象的视角，拍出但丁的地狱。再来到地球重病的现在，他重建了一座森林。云温达斯最心仪的传奇摄影师萨尔加多，就是大地之盐。获康城影展某种观点评审团特别奖，入围角逐奥斯卡最佳纪录片。