The Intensive Life Unit
8.0
Even though doctors Ondřej and Kateřina look after their patients to the best of their ability, they can’t prevent their death. As heads of palliative care at Prague’s General University Hospital they face the inevitability of the end on a daily basis. Yet what perhaps makes their job harder is the myriad options now open to them to prolong human life – and this at a time when death has become a social taboo. Betraying her special brand of empathy, documentarist Adéla Komrzý demonstrates that, while there’s no good or bad way to die, there’s always a means to improve patients’ quality of life.
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Adéla Komrzý Director · Prokop Souček Cinematographer Mariana Kozáková Editor
First release August 25, 2021 · Produced in Czechia · Production Česká televize, FAMU
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Česká televize
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FAMU
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Universal Production Partners
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Czechia
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Original title
Jednotka intenzivního života
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
Czechia · August 25, 2021
Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Czechia · September 2, 2021
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