Burning Out

Burning Out
reż. Jérôme Le Maire/Belgium, France, Switzerland/2016/85 min.
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All over Europe burnout has reached epidemic proportions among employees in the public and private sectors. Will we end up killing ourselves? Or will we be able to find meaning and joy at work? ”Burning Out” is literally a drama about life and death.

For two years, the Belgian director Jérôme le Maire followed the members of a surgical unit in one of the biggest hospitals in Paris. Constantly under severe stress, understaffed and subject to severe budget cuts, employees fight each other for resources. Meanwhile the management imposes ever more stringent efficiency and profitability targets.

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  • projection time:
    85 min.
  • country/year:
    Belgium, France, Switzerland/2016
  • director:
    Jérôme Le Maire
  • pictures:
    Jérôme Le Maire
  • production:
    At Doc, Zadig Productions, Louise Films
  • selected festivals and awards:
    IDFA Amsterdam 2016

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