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It is the fourth largest island in the world, and is also known as the 8th continent: Madagascar. On the one hand, it is a paradise away from mass tourism, and on the other, it is one of the poorest countries in the world. Isolated in the southern tropics, surrounded by the Indian Ocean, it is home to animal and plant species that cannot be found anywhere else in the world. Humid and tropical in the north, dry in the south - the country is a place of extremes. ZDF correspondent Verena Garrett meets a wide variety of people with a wide variety of stories: scientists who are fighting against climate change and for the preservation of flora and fauna; villagers who are giving up habits that have been passed down through generations. She meets families who don't know where their next meal will come from and children who have to work hard to survive. Young people who don't know how old they are or their last name. A journey to places where climate change is leaving massive traces, and to places that can only be reached by plane or boat and that could hardly be more luxurious. A film with insights into a country full of contradictions. Film by Verena Garrett, ZDF Studio Johannesburg, phoenix 2024