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THE MECHANICS OF THINGS

LA MÉCANIQUE DES CHOSES

By Alessandra CELESIA

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Documentary - Completed 2023

Tito, the stray cat of a filmmaker struggling with her own invisible scars, falls from the 8th floor and ends up paralysed. Together, they embark on a journey to China, searching for regeneration that has to do with the soul as much as with the body.

Festivals
& Awards

Les Etats généraux du Film Documentaire – Lussas 2023
Expériences du regard
Torino Film Festival 2023
Italian Competition
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    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • FRANCE, GERMANY
    • Languages
    • ITALIAN, ENGLISH, FRENCH, CHINESE
    • Duration
    • 101 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Alessandra CELESIA
    • Producer(s)
    • Jean-Laurent CSINIDIS (Films de Force Majeure), Dirk MANTHEY (Dirk Manthey Film)
    • Synopsis
    • My cat fell from the 8th floor and was left paralyzed in the hind legs. In search of a solution, I met a French association of paralyzed people who had been working for a long time on spinal cord regeneration. This took me and my cat to China for a clinical trial. When the spinal cord is injured, it produces necrosis around the wound. A kind of dam, a scar. Once this necrosis has formed,nothing can circulate through it. The metaphor takes me back to childhood, to a man who voluntarily cut himself off from life. My father, who suffers from profound melancholia, has always tried to reconnect his defective synapses to existence. So the magic potion patented by the Association, this “activated fat”, capable of regenerating connections, becomes much more than a scientific discovery for me. If I can “fix” my cat, maybe I can “fix” my dad too. With this unlikely premise, I’m off to China to film the impossible.
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