French Director Luc Besson acquired the French rights to the award-winning documentary, The Cove.  Winner of the Audience Award at the 2009 Sundance film festival and the audience award at Hot Docs, this “eco-thriller” follows high-tech dive team to discover the truth about the international dolphin capture in Taiji, Japan. Their mission is to stop the annual dolphin slaughter that takes place in a Taiji cove every September.

The reviews of the film are unanimously AMAZING, even Alec Baldwin is diving in and showing his support. I think Rolling Stone sums it up best:

Sundance is known for documentaries. But this baby, a cross between Flipper and The Bourne Identity, packed the heat. Using technology borrowed from George Lucas’ ILM, an intrepid America crew slips into Japan and nails the bad guys for doing terrible things to dolphins.

Watch the trailer after the jump: