Agency - French program:.Studio B.

Researcher, Lina B. Moreco ; writer, Lina B. Moreco ; director, Lina B. Moreco ; producer, Yves Bisaillon ; camera, Michel Lamother ; sound recording, Richard Lavoie, Pierre Bertrand ; editing, Danièle Gagné ; sound design, Denis Saindon ; sound editing, Denis Saindon ; sound effects, Lise Wedlock ; original music, Michel Comeau, Françoise Lombard ; mix, Geoffrey Mitchell ; archival research, Claire Bourbonnais ; executive producer, Yves Bisaillon.

Participation, Pierre Marois, Gaëlle Trébaol, Christian Savard, Sarah Sompayrac, Charlie-Anne Savard, Judith Fillion, Pierre Roy, Caroline Fillion-Roy, Pascale Reny, Vincent Reny, Carole Cadieux, Denise Charest, Douglas Talbot, Annie-Kim Charest-Talbot, Jean-Pierre Ménard, Tommy D. Lévesque, Félix Morin, Jimmy Pelletier, Megan Ravary, Erwan Trébaol-Houle, Johanne Charpentier, Eliza Clark, Karine Couvrette, Suzanne Fortin, Martine Labbé, Arlette Miron, France Rioux, Francine Roy, Johanne Therrien, Natalie Turcotte, Nathalie Villeneuve, Florent Beauregard-Lacroix, Gilles Bibeau, Rosalie Bibeau, Sonia Bouchard, Lucie Brunet, Brian Crisalli, Félix Dion, Mario Dion, Sophie Dionne, Lise Dupont, Alexis Gilbert, Sarah-Jeanne Gilbert, Michel Lacroix, Alexandre Laplante, Claudine Nadeau, Nathalie Robitaille, Cédric Sestier, Sonia Daoust, Marjolaine Dion, Danielle Laudy, Claude Mercier, Hung-Phong Nguyen.

Recorded 2004.

Erwan, Caroline, Vincent, and Charlie-Anne are survivors: against all odds, modern medicine kept them alive through extreme measures taken just after their birth. Since then, they have suffered from serious neurological consequences and a range of disabilities. Technology can now work miracles to save lives. But at what price? Medicine Under the Influence tackles a taboo subject: the tragic effects of life-sustaining medical treatment on infants. Through the courageous testimony of a handful of doctors and therapists as well as the shocking stories told by devoted parents of disabled children, Lina B. Moreco's powerful documentary denounces the lack of support offered to science's little "miracles." Once saved, the children are more or less left to their fate by a medical system that does not give them the therapy needed to improve their quality of life and develop to their fullest potential. With its heart-tugging characters, this troubling yet essential film opens our eyes to an intolerable situation, one that affects some 2,000 newborns every year in Quebec. Bonus Features Interview with Dr. Pierre Marois, Physiatrist Interview with Dr. Claude Mercier, Clinical bioethics committee Interview with Me Jean-Pierre Ménard, health lawyer In French with English subtitles.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Gemeaux Award for Best Documentary: Nature & Sciences, 2006 2nd Prize - Category: Medical Film, 2006

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).