Human Nature is a 2001 American comedy film written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Michel Gondry. The film stars Tim Robbins, Rhys Ifans, Miranda Otto and Patricia Arquette. It was screened out of competition at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Most of the movie is told as flashback: Puff testifies to Congress, Lila Jute tells her story to the police, while a dead Nathan Bronfman addresses an unseen audience in the netherworld. Lila is a woman with a rare hormonal imbalance which causes thick hair to grow all over her body. During her 20s, Lila decides to leave society and live within... nature where she feels free to exist comfortably in her natural state. She writes a successful book about her naked, savage, happy, and free life in the woods embracing nature. Then, at age 30, strong sexual desire causes her to return to civilization and have her hair removed in order to find a partner. The partner she finds is Dr. Nathan Bronfman, a psychologist researching the possibility of teaching table manners to mice. Lila and Nathan go hiking in the woods one day.
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| Release date: | September 12, 2001 |
| Directed by: | Michel Gondry |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 96 Minutes |
| Producer: | Charlie Kaufman, Spike Jonze, Ted Hope, Anthony Bregman |
| Editor: | Russell Icke |
| Music by: | Graeme Revell |
| Cinematography: | Tim Maurice-Jones |
| Screenplay by: | Charlie Kaufman |
| Estimated budget: | $6,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |