Burning Out

85 ^min

Belgium, France, Switzerland

Labor Law The right to health care The citizen and the state

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Lawyers Students Pupils Teachers Journalists Institutions of the state penitentiary system of Ukraine Employees of penitentiary system Government officials Activists / NGOs

Burning Out

This film is literally a drama about life and death. For two years, the Belgian director Jérôme le Maire followed the members of a surgical unit in one of the biggest hospitals in Paris. Constantly under severe stress, understaffed and subject to severe budget cuts, the employees fight each other for resources. Meanwhile the management imposes ever more stringent efficiency and profitability targets.

Director

Jérôme Le Maire

Jérôme Le Maire is a director and writer, known for The Big Trip (2013) and Where Is Love In The Palm Grove? (2007). After studying journalism at the University of Brussels and then filmmaking at IAD in Belgium, Jerome directed several short fiction films after graduating in 1995. In 2012, Jerome directed Tea Or Electricity, a feature documentary that has won about thirty awards. In 2013, Jerome directed a feature narrative film The Big Trip. This film won the award for Best Film at the famous Festival du film Grolandais (France), and was selected for screening at several biggest international film festivals.

After watching the film, we discussed the problem of professional and emotional burnout, its causes and signs. We conducted express testing of the workers to determine the level of burnout for each of them. We discussed the prevention and ways to overcome professional and emotional burnout.

Lina Babych,

moderator of the Docudays UA film club at the NGO Modern Format

Burning Out

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