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Five centuries ago, anatomist André Vésale opened up the human body to science for the first time in history. Today,...
Five centuries ago, anatomist André Vésale opened up the human body to science for the first time in history. Today, De Humani Corporis Fabrica opens the human body to the cinema. It reveals that human flesh is an extraordinary landscape that exists only through the gaze and attention of others. As places of care, suffering and hope, hospitals are laboratories that connect every body in the world.
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Immersive and mind-expanding
Icky, invasive procedures of the flesh straight out of your favourite Cronenberg body-horror romp blown up into blotches of expressionist painterly abstraction and Space Odyssey-Stargate trippiness. In the background, a more starkly quotidian horror unfolds. Wince-inducing, viscerally confronting, but no less immersive and mind-expanding than the directors’ 2012 masterpiece, Leviathan.
97 %37 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
88 %8 reviewsAudience score rating
"The images are grisly, but the payoff is poetic."
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Variety
Variety"An uncanny spectacle."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Immerses us in the landscapes and textures of the human body."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"This fascinating and probing look at modern surgery is a memorable experience."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"A wild tour of the human body."
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IndieWire
IndieWire"One of 2023’s best movies."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"Challenging and beguiling."
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Little White Lies
Little White Lies"Covers human life from the cradle to the grave – and delves fearlessly into the icky bits in between."
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Screen Daily
Screen Daily"One of the supreme cinematic examinations of the body’s magnificent malleability."
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Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine"Compelling."
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RogerEbert.com
RogerEbert.com"French surgery documentary is cinema at its most visceral."
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The Irish Times
The Irish TimesDe Humani Corporis Fabrica | Details
- Runtime
- 118
- Genre
- Documentary
- Country of origin
- France, USA
