IDFA 2016
Life to Come
La vie à venir
Claudio Capanna
Belgium
2016
75 min
Dutch Premiere
Eden and Léandro are twins born at only 28 weeks. From that moment on, they and their mother have been followed closely – not just by the doctors and nurses trying to keep the babies alive in an intensely white high-tech environment, but also by a film camera. The angle often shifts to that of a newborn child, bringing home what it’s like to be so small and so vulnerable. Sometimes you find yourself in an incubator, with light and sound filtering into the jungle of tubes and wires that are literally your lifelines. These tiny humans weighing barely more than a pack of sugar need to grow into healthy seven-pounders before they can leave the hospital. It takes time, not to mention patience. Veering between states of hope and fear, the children’s mother cherishes them with a touching tenderness, encourages them (and herself), and nurtures them with unconditional love.
Credits
Screening copy
Stenola Productions
Stenola Productions
World Sales
First Hand Films
First Hand Films
Director
Cinematography
Sound
Co-production
Associate Directors,
Take Five,
Centre du Cinéma Wallonie-Bruxelles,
VAF - Flanders Audiovisual Fund,
Wallonie Image Production
Associate Directors,
Take Five,
Centre du Cinéma Wallonie-Bruxelles,
VAF - Flanders Audiovisual Fund,
Wallonie Image Production
Involved TV Channel
RTBF,
Proximus,
Al Jazeera Documentary Channel,
ARTE G.E.I.E.
RTBF,
Proximus,
Al Jazeera Documentary Channel,
ARTE G.E.I.E.