Started in August 2010, this film is made by Luc Jacquet and botanist Francis Hallé, with the support of actress Marion Cotillard.
[4] In April 2010,[5] he therefore creates the organization Wild-Touch, with his wife and friends, in order to help people speak about endangered animals or environmental problems.
[4] A few days after the creation of Wild-Touch, Jacquet meets famous French botanist Francis Hallé who has spent 20 years trying to produce a movie about primary forests.
[4] Jacquet immediately decides to help him and they both travel to French Guiana in August 2010 where they shoot the first images of their project La Forêt des pluies.
[6] French actress Marion Cotillard, who's already supported various environmental organizations, has decided to patron this film project.