- Abdi Hedayat, the conservator of the Natural History Museum of Copenhagen routinely performs public dissections on animals. Scared, excited, nervous and smiling faces of children watch as Abdi cuts, skins and guts. An antarctic wolf, a python and a Sumatran tiger loose their skins and fur. Animals transform from flesh and blood into scientific artifacts in front the eyes of children. Through a series of interviews with the heartwarming and passionate Abdi and the curious, shy and excited children in the audience, we gain insight into a strange and bizarre scientific ritual. The same taboo challenging tradition that made the young giraffe Marius famous all around the world. But what exactly happened to the giraffe? Why was it put down? Why was it dissected? Meanwhile, different characters of the Marius incident look back at the scandalous events. Bengt Holst, as the scientific director of the zoo was the man behind the decision of killing the giraffe. He became the international face of the incident, as representing the zoo in all media outlets during the scandalous event. Mads Bertelsen as the veterinarian of the Copenhagen Zoo was the person who put down the animal and dissected it in front of an audience. Both Mads and Bengt left the taste of persona non grata with the international public, as defending the decision behind the events and explaining the advantages of the dissection. Now these man of science and precise rational, look back at the events and share their side of the story. Peter Sandøe, a frequently quoted bioethics professor of Denmark in relation to Marius, exposes the troublesome dilemmas of the zoo infotainment and the moral responsibility we have towards animals. I Miss You, Marius, a meditative, optimistic and humanistic film chasing the ghost of a dead giraffe uncovers the relation between the modern human and nature, and how we pass that relation to the next generation. Is there any beauty left in nature as science eats it all up and turns it into useful data? Is there any place left for innocence if exposed to the answers of science too early?
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