The novel used as the basis for the script of the eponymous 1999 film

Folllowing the startling success of his first feature-length film, The Life of Jesus, Bruno Dumont's Humanity made a remarkable debut in 1999 at the Cannes Film Festival, presided over by David Cronenberg, where it won the Grand Jury Prize. Presented here is the novel, which was used as the basis for the film script and 70 still images from the movie.