''De Humani Corporis Fabrica'' ("The Factory of the human body") is a 2022 French-Swiss documentary film, directed by
Lucien Castaing-Taylor and
Véréna Paravel. Named after ''
De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem'', a 16th-century book series written by the first modern anatomist Andreas Vesalius, that was one of the most influential advances in the study of human
anatomy
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, the film explores the human body through depictions of surgeries and autopsies in multiple hospitals around Paris, including intimate close-up footage from inside human bodies.
The film premiered in the
Directors' Fortnight program at the
2022 Cannes Film Festival. It was also screened in the Wavelengths program at the
2022 Toronto International Film Festival
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, and in the main slate of the
2022 New York Film Festival.
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2022 films
2022 documentary films
French documentary films
Swiss documentary films
Documentary films about the human body
2020s French films
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