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Medicine Under the Influence

2004 1 h 17 min
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This feature documentary tackles a taboo subject: the tragic effects of life-sustaining medical treatment on infants. Through the courageous testimony of a handful of doctors and therapists as well as the shocking stories told by devoted parents of disabled children, this film denounces the lack of support offered to science's little "miracles." Once saved, the children are more or less left to their fate by a medical system that does not give them the therapy needed to improve their quality of life and develop to their fullest potential.

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This feature documentary tackles a taboo subject: the tragic effects of life-sustaining medical treatment on infants. Through the courageous testimony of a handful of doctors and therapists as well as the shocking stories told by devoted parents of disabled children, this film denounces the lack of support offered to science's little "miracles." Once saved, the children are more or less left to their fate by a medical system that does not give them the therapy needed to improve their quality of life and develop to their fullest potential.
  • researcher
    Lina B. Moreco
  • writer
    Lina B. Moreco
  • director
    Lina B. Moreco
  • producer
    Yves Bisaillon
  • participation
    Pierre Marois
    Gaëlle Trébaol
    Christian Savard
    Sarah Sompayrac
    Charlie-Anne Savard
    Judith Fillion
    Pierre Roy
    Caroline Fillion-Roy
    Pascale Reny
    Vincent Reny
    Carole Cadieux
    Denise Charest
    Douglas Talbot
    Annie-Kim Charest-Talbot
    Jean-Pierre Ménard
    Tommy D. Lévesque
    Félix Morin
    Jimmy Pelletier
    Megan Ravary
    Erwan Trébaol-Houle
    Johanne Charpentier
    Eliza Clark
    Karine Couvrette
    Suzanne Fortin
    Martine Labbé
    Arlette Miron
    France Rioux
    Francine Roy
    Johanne Therrien
    Natalie Turcotte
    Nathalie Villeneuve
    Florent Beauregard-Lacroix
    Gilles Bibeau
    Rosalie Bibeau
    Sonia Bouchard
    Lucie Brunet
    Brian Crisalli
    Félix Dion
    Mario Dion
    Sophie Dionne
    Lise Dupont
    Alexis Gilbert
    Sarah-Jeanne Gilbert
    Michel Lacroix
    Alexandre Laplante
    Claudine Nadeau
    Nathalie Robitaille
    Cédric Sestier
    Sonia Daoust
    Marjolaine Dion
    Danielle Laudy
    Claude Mercier
    Hung-Phong Nguyen
  • camera
    Michel Lamother
  • sound recording
    Richard Lavoie
    Pierre Bertrand
  • editing
    Danièle Gagné
  • sound design
    Denis Saindon
  • sound editing
    Denis Saindon
  • camera assistant
    Yvan Gekoff
  • production manager
    Marie-Josée Dufour
  • research assistant
    Gaëlle Trébaol
  • stills photography
    Lina B. Moreco
  • additional camera
    Lina B. Moreco
  • sound effects
    Lise Wedlock
  • sound effects - assistant
    Nicolas Gagnon
  • original music
    Michel Comeau
    Françoise Lombard
  • music mix
    Marc Girard
  • technical assistance - editing
    Chaz Oliver
    Phyllis Lewis
  • online editing
    Sylvain Desbiens
    Denis Gathelier
  • computer graphics
    Louise Overy
    Benoît Chagnon
  • titles
    Benoît Chagnon
  • translation
    Christine York
  • subtitles
    Christine York
  • mix
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • archival research
    Claire Bourbonnais
  • rights acquisition
    Claire Bourbonnais
  • marketing manager
    David Boisclair
  • administrator
    Denise DesLauriers
  • administrative staff
    Hélène Regimbal
    Lise Lévesque
    Mirabelle Bélanger
  • technical coordinator
    Jean-François Laprise
  • line production
    Johanne Bergeron
  • executive producer
    Yves Bisaillon

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