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Science Sport 52'

So human

Victims of an accident, "new" quadriplegics realize how society in inadapted to their disability. They try to recover their motor functions by all means, by experimenting with electrical stimulation, exoskeletons and other prostheses. Some of these volunteer are preparing for the first international competition for disabled people equipped with bionic prostheses - the Cybathlon.

Day after day, they discover and discuss the thin line between the "repaired man", to which they aspire, and the "augmented man" desired by a society of performance and self-improvement. Are we more human if we are helped by these prostheses? Are we less human if we are disabled? At what point are we no longer repaired but augmented?

Direction: Marina Julienne & Raphaël Girardot 
Production: Look at Sciences with CNRS Images & Lyon Capital TV for France Télévisions

Languages: French

awards & festivals

  • Résistances - Foix (France)

    Section "The augmented human".

  • Pariscience - Festival international du film scientifique

    Official selection

see also