De Humani Corporis Fabrica

France / United States / Switzerland 2022, 115 min, French, Hebrew & English subtitles

In the mid-15th century, when Andreas Vesalius, the father of anatomy, wrote his groundbreaking book “On the Fabric of the Human Body,” he could not have imagined the advanced devices that allow us to penetrate the depths of the human body and brain (and mind?) today. In a film shot over the course of years in several Paris hospitals, rare footage from inside the body—exciting and mysterious landscapes captured by invasive medical cameras—is intercut with footage of patients suffering from various conditions that medicine, despite all its sophistication and progress, cannot always identify. The filmmakers of Leviathan now offer viewers a rare glimpse into the inner workings of two mechanisms teeming with microscopic and monumental action that still appear miraculous to our eyes, no matter how routine it is: the hospital and the human body.

Previous Festivals: Karlovy Vary, The Director's Fortnight - CANNES, Melbourne IFF

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