Desc: Le Jour où la Terre s'éveilla: Directed by Gérard Courant. The action of the Le Jour où la Terre s'éveilla begins 4 billion 540 million years ago - at the time of the formation of planet Earth. This formation lasted 20 million years. The film lasts 12 hours and is composed of 1,080,000 images. Each image of the film corresponds to 20 years of the life of the Earth. Every second of the film corresponds to 500 years of the life of the Earth.