Discover in theaters Our body, a documentary that is both strong and magnificent which plunges spectators into the heart of a hospital department specializing in pathologies which mainly affect women. A moving cinema experience!
Currently available in theaters, the new documentary by director Claire Simon (Récréations) tells the story of the female body like never before.
In Notre corps, she films the daily life of the department of a Parisian hospital specializing in gynecological pathologies and obstetric follow-up.
“I had the opportunity to film the epic tale of female bodies in the hospital, in their diversity, their singularity, their beauty throughout the stages on the path of life. A journey of desires, fears, struggles and unique stories that each person experiences alone.”
Through these individual stories, Claire Simon paints a powerful collective portrait, which follows the different stages of women’s lives.
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AN ESSENTIAL FILM
From adolescence to the end of life, the common thread of the documentary, each consultation highlights the personal experience of a hospital patient. His experience, his feelings, his suffering very often, his fears, his questions, and the answers and explanations of the professionals who listen to him. “I was always told that it was normal for a woman to suffer,” a patient confided to him.
In a desire to represent and film the body in its entirety, the director images the different examinations and also lifts the veil on certain medical procedures usually taking place behind closed doors (some sequences can also be difficult to watch) .
Termination of pregnancy, gender transition, difficulty having a child, endometriosis, egg retrieval, pregnancy, medically assisted procreation, childbirth, announcement of a diagnosis, cancer, rare disease, etc.
In certain cases, these stages and tests intertwine and overlap. And all of them disrupt everyday life and reflect the complexity and richness of the human body.
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Alongside Claire Simon and her all-female team, and always with kindness, the viewer is invited into the intimacy of these individuals, women and couples. The director most often steps aside in favor of what she shows and what she tells, until the subject becomes much more personal for her.
If she wants to emphasize that everyone has only one story, their own, she nevertheless manages with Our body to transmit an important and essential message: no one is ever really alone in this great adventure that is life. . “Seeing others helps a lot,” as she recalls.
Discover these poignant stories in the documentary Our body, at the cinema.