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Alexe POUKINE
Asian Premiere
In the CHUV training center in Lausanne, ¡®fake¡¯ patients and ¡®real¡¯ carers simulate medical consultations, to learn how to perform kindness. But in an increasingly liberal hospital system, which itself exerts violence on medical staff, is this relational ideal really possible?
Can genuine care and empathy be cultivated through practice? The methodology employed by Alexe Poukine in That Which Does Not Kill(2019), where sexual violence survivors reenacted each other's experiences, finds a parallel in a Swiss medical institution. Here, healthcare professionals and caregivers interact with "simulated" patients—portrayed by actors or individuals with lived experiences of illness—in workshops designed to hone their patient care approach. Alexe Poukine documents the training process and dialogues of workshop participants. As in her previous work, the film underscores that truly listening is the foundation for understanding and empathizing with another's pain. The narrative then expands to examine structural issues within the medical field and the reciprocity and relativity of care. A stark contrast emerges between the advice and guidelines provided to healthcare workers and their day-to-day realities, mirrored by the misalignment between patient expectations and their actual treatment. In a society where systems are faltering and the burden increasingly falls on both patients and individual healthcare workers, a critical question arises: who cares for the caregivers? What are the limitations of learned kindness and empathy? Who Cares carries this urgent inquiry, born from the near-desperate voices of the medical field, to its audience. However, the answer lies not on the screen but in the reality beyond it.
Alexe POUKINE
Born in France, 1982. Alexe Poukine is a filmmaker and screenwriter. Her graduation film Petites Morts(2008) was selected in several international festivals. She has directed notable feature-length documentaries Dormir, dormir dans les pierres(2013) and Sans frapper(2019) and short fiction film Palma(2020).