Le théâtre des opérations
The Operating Theater
Switzerland / France, February 2007
FILM,
Documentary,
85 min.
- directed by
- Benoît Rossel
- Written by
- Benoît Rossel
- Status
- In distribution
A documentary film on the initiation rites of an apprentice surgeon in the operating block at a university hospital. To witness the steps of this process is to discover a strange and foreign world in which we are transient guests. The operating block is a microcosm nestled in the heart of the hospital machine. There, surgeons, anesthesiologists, surgical technologists, nurses and aids mend lives daily. Chronicles of death and human ingenuity, ambition and pettiness, generosity, fear and black humor are written here. The operating theater stages the vital substance of life.
credits
- World Premiere
- February 2007
- Original Version
- French, colour, 35mm, 85 min.
- Production
- PCT Cinéma Télévision SA, Everybody on Deck, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
- Producer
- Pierre-André Thiébaud
- directed by
- Benoît Rossel
- Written by
- Benoît Rossel
- Cinematography
- Benoît Rossel, Séverine Barde
- Editing
- Catherine Rascon
- Re-Recording Mix
- Stéphane Thiébaut
- Music
- Karol Beffa
- Location Sound Mix
- Marc von Stürler
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Onoma
Worldwide Distribution
- France
-
Jour2Fete
Distribution
Release date: 01.10.2008 - Switzerland
-
Cineworx GmbH
Distribution
Release date: tba
Awards
(a selection)
- Nyon, Visions du Réel, Prix de la TSR du meilleur film suisse 2007 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
21.01.2008 - 27.01.2008 -
Shadow Festival
20.11.2007 - 28.11.2007 -
Vancouver, 26th Vancouver International Film Festival
27.09.2007 - 12.10.2007 -
Nyon, 13e Visions du Réel - Festival international de cinéma Nyon
20.04.2007 - 26.04.2007 -
EFM European Film Market
08.02.2007 - 18.02.2007