And outside life goes on
« Birth of a hospital » takes us to the heart of the hospital realm following Éric, Frédérique and Giuseppe.
Their fates cross ways when several Swiss regional hospitals shut down and give way to a new and modern, much bigger, rational and functional hospital.
Éric and Frédérique, two emergency nurses, make us see through their eyes their cruel confrontation to their patients’ suffering and their encounters with death.
Giuseppe, retired, needs to go to the hospital every 2nd day because of his kidney failure.
Cofounder of Casa Azul Films
Between 2002 and 2018 Head of Postproduction and DOP on many feature documentaries
2021 “And outside life goes on” – documentary 80 min.
2021 “The Beyond” – documentary 10 min.
2008 “Anniken” – co-director – Short fiction 31 min.
2006 “Looking for Else” – co-director – documentary 52 min.
2000 “Les destinées sentimentales” by Olivier Assayas – Assistant director
2001 “Merci pour le Chocolat” by Claude Chabrol – Assistant director
1997 “Luchando Frijoles” – co-director – documentary 52 min.
1995-1998 Filmschool ECAL Lausanne
When the medias are talking about our public hospitals, they often put the focus on the financial aspects as our health system that get’s more and more expensive.
My aim was to take another perspective. While filming during 9 years the fusion of several hospitals in the Region of Riviera-Chablais, I realized more and more how special this place is. We mostly come to this world in a hospital and we leave this word from a hospital. It is a holy, sacred place where life changes, where life begins and life ends.