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WHAT IF EARTH WERE UNIQUE?
Director(s):
Laurent LICHTENSTEIN – Writer(s): Serge BRUNIER, Bruno BUCHER 
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Astronomers have been scrutinising the galaxy for many decades in search of planets similar to our own. But no solar system seems to have the delicate organization that made it possible for the terrestrial ecosystem to emerge… So, what if planet Earth were unique and singular?
Relying on the work of astronomers, cosmologists and biologists, the film takes us on an exploratory journey to the heart of our solar system, revealing the incredible, even improbable chain of events that resulted in the emergence of life on Earth.
There is a strong case to be made that the presence of life on our planet is the result of a succession of the most improbable flukes. While the origins of life remain shrouded in mystery, there is much we have learnt that explains why life on our planet became possible. And none of it suggests that life itself is anything but the most remarkable combination of extremely unlikely events!
THE PRESS:
"This fabulous story told by astronomers, biochemists and biologists is teeming with magnificent images of Martian craters, turquoise lakes and billowing volcano smoke...
(Muriel Fauriat, Pèlerin - 17/09/20)