Synopsis : Five centuries ago, anatomist André Vésale opened up the human body to science for the first time in history. Today, ‘De Humani Corporis Fabrica’ opens the human body to cinema. It reveals that human flesh is an extraordinary landscape that exists only through the gaze and attention of others. As places of care, suffering and hope, hospitals are laboratories that connect everybody in the world.
Festival History : Cannes International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, BFI London, Vancouver International Film Festival
Director :
Verena Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor
Producer :
Valentina Novati, Charles Gillibert, Pauline Gygax, Max Karli, Véréna Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor
Screenplay :
Verena Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor
DOP :
Verena Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor
Editor :
Verena Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor
Cast :
Valentina Novati, Charles Gillibert, Pauline Gygax, Max Karli, Véréna Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor
Verena Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor collaborate as filmmakers at the Sensory Ethnography Laboratory, Harvard University. Their films and installations have been screened in prestigious festivals such as AFI, BAFICI, Berlin, CPH:DOX, Locarno, New York, Toronto and Venice. In 2013, their film ‘Leviathan’ received the FIPRESCI Award at Locarno. ‘De Humani Corporis Fabrica’ is their fourth film together.
Verena Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor collaborate as filmmakers at the Sensory Ethnography Laboratory, Harvard University. Their films and installations have been screened in prestigious festivals such as AFI, BAFICI, Berlin, CPH:DOX, Locarno, New York, Toronto and Venice. In 2013, their film ‘Leviathan’ received the FIPRESCI Award at Locarno. ‘De Humani Corporis Fabrica’ is their fourth film together.