Illness Movies

A successful businessman's life is turned upside down when he is diagnosed with cancer. On the verge of giving up, he forms an unlikely bond with a...

During a vacation in the United States, the protagonist is seized by severe abdominal pain that forces him to return to Italy in a daring way and to...

Brussels, La Monnaie Opera House. Three people near the end of their lives meet with choreographers, actors and musicians. They take part in a unique...

Cicily is on her last train out of New York after learning that she must return home to treat her life-threatening illness. While on the train,...

A woman travels to Italy and tries to make a decision.

In the quiet villa, a girl cares for her ailing father, a man confronting the weight of his past as his body fails him. As their days blur between...

How many imaginary deathly diseases can you have before you die from fear and anxiety? This short documentary answers this question by trying to show...

I didn't worry about it, until the symptoms got worse. The doctors said I had no cure, I'd be sick for the rest of my life. I wish they had been...

Aaron is a 19 year-old with a close relationship with his family. His grandmother Pilar has dementia and wants to return to Salcedillo, the village...

A documentary that records the daily life of a mother with a limited life expectancy and a grandmother, directed by the daughter, Haruyo Kato.

The film "Sanitation: Why All The Fuss?" emphasizes the critical importance of sanitation in food handling for public health. It explains how...

Tuberculosis is the deadliest killer in human history, responsible for one in four deaths for almost two centuries. While it shaped medical pursuits,...

Two brothers are going through financial difficulties to pay for their mother's medical treatment. One of them also has a significant debt that...

A person brings their partner to a doctor to treat an unknown itching fever. Two men come to see the doctor, one of them suffering from insomnia....

Filmmaker Diego Gutiérrez knows that he is soon to lose two loved ones: his mother Gina Coppe and his best friend Danniel Danniel. Both ask...

In an early 19th century African village, Wend Kuuni – a young man, lives with his adopted family after his mother was killed as a witch. When...

Romania. Seven years in the life of a family of believers, struck by the illness of a little girl suffering from spina bifida pass before the camera,...