BURNING OUT
synopsis
Burning Out is literally a drama about life and death. For two years, the Belgian director Jérôme le Maire followed the members of a surgical unit in one of the biggest hospitals in Paris. Constantly under severe stress, understaffed and subject to severe budget cuts, employees fight each other for resources. Meanwhile the management imposes ever more stringent efficiency and profitability targets. All over Europe burnout has reached epidemic proportions among employees in the public and private sectors. Will we end up killing ourselves? Or will we be able to find meaning and joy at work?
international title: | Burning Out |
original title: | Burning Out |
country: | Belgium, France, Switzerland |
sales agent: | CAT&Docs |
year: | 2016 |
genre: | documentary |
directed by: | Jérôme le Maire |
film run: | 85' |
screenplay: | Jérôme le Maire, Pascal Chabot |
film editing: | Matyas Veress |
music: | George Van Dam |
producer: | Arnauld de Battice, Isabelle Truc |
co-producer: | Félicie Roblin, Elisabeth Garbar |
production: | AT-Prod, Zadig Productions / Zadig Films, Louise Productions Sàrl |
backing: | Cinema Center of the Federation Wallonie-Bruxelles, CNC, Cineforom, Romand Lottery, Cinema Department / Cinéma du Réel of HEAD – Geneva, Tax Shelter of the Federal Government of Belgium, Creative Europe, Media Program of the European Union, Dok Incubator Workshop 2016, Pitching du Réel, Nyon International Film Festival. |