The Idiot Cycle
Directed byEmmanuelle Schick Garcia
Written byEmmanuelle Schick Garcia
Produced byEmmanuelle Schick Garcia and Laila Tahhar
Narrated byEmmanuelle Schick Garcia
CinematographyJean Marc Abela, Florian Geyer
Edited byYael Bitton
Music byJoseph Guigui, David Dahan
Production
company
JPS Films
Distributed byJPS Films
Release date
  • September 25, 2009 (2009-09-25) (Canada)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguagesFrench
English

The Idiot Cycle is a 2009 French-Canadian documentary which alleges that six major chemical companies are responsible for decades of cancer causing chemicals and pollution, and also develop cancer treatments and drugs. It also argues these companies own the most patents on genetically modified crops that have never been tested for long term health impacts like cancer.

Production

The film was shot in Canada (Sarnia, Ottawa, Toronto, ON and Saskatoon, SK), the United States (Memphis, TN, Midland, MI, and Washington DC), The Netherlands (Amsterdam), France (Agen, Paris), Italy (Bologna), Germany (Weilheim, Frankfurt, Bad Neihum, Burladingen, Tübingen), Belgium (Brussels), England (London, Hemel Hempstead), and Northern Ireland (Coleraine).

Film festivals

Awards

  • "Green Report" Award - Romanian Film Festival Document.Art.[1]

Appearances

  • RIDM (Montreal)
  • IDFA (Amsterdam)
  • OXDOX (Oxford)
  • International Health Film Festival (Greece)

References

  1. "Movie review".


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