23/03/2022 - Marie Lidén’s documentary digs deep into the troubled existence of a 40-year-old electro-sensitive man

Out in the middle of the Swedish wilderness stands a small, red house, wherein a 40-year-old man, called William, lives a mere bodily existence. William is electro-sensitive and has been so for over ten years. He is forced to stay at a distance from all electronics, and the many layers of fabric over his head shield him from the radiation that makes him sick. This is the premise of Marie Lidén’s new documentary Electric Malady [+see also:
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The feature was produced by Aimara Reques for Aconite Productions (UK), and co-produced by Su Bainbridge and Lorna Jane Ferguson, in association with Beth Allan, for Forest of Black (UK). It also received backing from Screen Scotland and Chicken & Egg Pictures.

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