To help Francis Hallé in his fight to save the last tropical forests, a documentary filmmaker with a passion for nature decides to make his first film: "The Botanist", an ecological thriller with Leonardo DiCaprio. He traces his path with malice, obstinacy, and discovers, with candor, the arcana of the seventh art. Even if he never gives up, will his film ever exist?
Jérôme Salle (born 1971) is a French film director and screenwriter. Salle has directed the films Anthony Zimmer, the Belgian comic book adaptation Largo Winch and its sequel The Burma Conspiracy. His 2013 film Zulu was selected as the closing film at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. The movie The Tourist, written and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, was based on Salle's screenplay for Anthony Zimmer and grossed US$ 278 million worldwide.