ENDANGERED SPECIES is an intense, action packed survival-adventure about a wealthy American family who travel to the vast African wilderness of Kenya hoping for a dream vacation filled with excitement, bonding and a chance to fix the growing rifts within their family. But when their safari vehicle is attacked by a rhino protecting her calf, the family is left stranded miles from help and their dream vacation turns into a nightmarish struggle for survival in a world where they are the bottom of the food chain.

赞努西打开国际影坛大门的早期代表作，以繁复而疏离的形式和内省的命题著称。 藉由一心进入知名学府物理系就读的男主角，日后恋爱、辍学、逃离尘世到回归体制的过程，不断从生活、精神、 思想上发掘冲突与辩证，游走在性灵与现实、自由与责任的拉据。不仅反映了当时波兰青年知识份子的心境， 也确立赞努西日后作品的内在主题。