Victim of an accident, “new” quadriplegics realize the inadequacy of the society faced with the handicap. They then seek to recover their motor functions by all means, by experimenting electrical stimulations, exoskeletons and other prostheses. Some of these volunteer are training for the first international competition for disabled people equipped with bionic prostheses – the Cybathlon. Day after day, they discover and discuss the narrow border between the “repaired man” to whom they aspire, and “the increased man” desired by a society of performance and transcendence.
Fiche technique
Film directors & authors: Marina Julienne et Raphaël Girardot
Editing: Barbara Bascou
Production: Look at Sciences – 2017
Coproduction : CNRS Images and Lyon Capitale TV
With France Télévisions, Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and CNC, Procirep – Angoa
Duration: 61 minutes
Broadcast
Tënk, spring 2019
Infrarouge (France 2) 2019
Festivals
Prix Roberval 2019
Prix du Jury citoyen – Festival Sciences en lumière 2018
Coup de cœur du Jury professionnel – Festival Sciences en lumière 2018
Selections
Festival A nous de voir 2019; Festival international du film scientifique Pariscience 2017 ; Traces de vies 2017 ; Festival Scientifique de la Réunion 2018, Résistance 2020