Bile
In post-Soviet Russia, a filmmaker reflects on his mother's death while exploring the intersections of illness, medical imaging, and the body as a political metaphor.
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In post-Soviet Russia, a filmmaker reflects on his mother's death while exploring the intersections of illness, medical imaging, and the body as a political metaphor.
Synopsis
In post-Soviet Russia, the director reflects on the recent death of his mother. The film, titled Bile, questions the nature of the human body, illness, and death. It weaves through the history of medical imaging and interprets the body as a political metaphor. The title references black bile, derived from Greek, representing melancholy and the physical and mental states of being.
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