Inhale/Exhale
2009
The hospital in Liepāja, Latvia, has twelve floors. Each floor has its own speciality, ranging from trauma care to addiction treatment, from the maternity ward to palliative care, where the dying spend their final days. The film is intended as a journey through life, starting from the different floors of the hospital. A narrative in seven stages, much like Shakespeare’s view of human life in his poem ‘The Seven Ages of Man’. Seven moments, from the very beginning of a person’s life to their final breath.
Credits
Director: Jean Counet
Cinematography: Kimmo Jaatinen
Sound: Kirsi Korhonen
Editing: Kirsi Korhonen
Music: Tuukka Terho
Assistant Director: Natalija Gnezdova
Production
Cobra Films / Illume Ltd
Co-production
Tam Film (Netherlands) / Yle-TV (Finland)
With the support of
VAF (Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds) / AVEK (Finland)
Reviews
Inhale_Exhale_Brabant-d95c3.pdf
Broadcasts
YLE-TV2
Estonian Public Broadcasting
Festival(s)
Krakow Film Festival (Poland)
Pärnu Film Festival (Estonia)
Film in Brabant Festival (Netherlands)
Utrecht Film Festival (Netherlands)
Ostrava Kamera Oko Festival (Czech Republic)
Colombian Documentary Encounters (Colombia)
International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography,
Plus Camerimage 2010 (Poland)