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THE DARK GENE

DAS DUNKLE GEN

By Miriam JAKOBS, Gerhard SCHICK

DSCHOINT VENTSCHR FILMPRODUKTION - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2015

A sick doctor, a volatile code, the comfort of art: the search for the origins of his depression poses existential questions to the protagonist of the film, confronts him with worrying perspectives for his future and leads him into breathtaking visual and aural worlds.

- Year of production
- 2015
- Genres
- Drama
- Countries
- SWITZERLAND, GERMANY
- Languages
- GERMAN, ENGLISH
- Duration
- 99 mn
- Director(s)
- Miriam JAKOBS, Gerhard SCHICK
- Writer(s)
- Miriam JAKOBS, Gerhard SHICKS
- Producer(s)
- Thomas TIELSCH (Filmtank), Karin KOCH (DSCHOINT VENTSCHR FILMPRODUKTION)
- Synopsis
- When a neurologist’s career is derailed by a bout of severe depression he sets out to gain insights into the origin and treatment of the illness. Being a patient and doctor at the same time he will tell his story from two different perspectives, leading us far beyond the scope of his individual wellbeing into the genetic universe and illuminating the immense changes lying ahead in the advance of DNA-sequenzing at the same time. But the film does not stop at a purely scientific approach to the topic. Artistic and playful approaches to the genetic code challenge the seemingly determing genetic fingerprint and help the protagonist to open up, despite pain, to a comforting perspective on the visually and acoustically fascinating world of cells, molecules and genes and the uniqueness of life.