Hypochondriacs
Life and death in a sick world of healthy people.
8:45 am. Hypochondriacs Clinic, Bergen, Norway. A young man is waiting for his consultation to start. In the next room, Dr. Wilhelmsen reads briefly through his journal, invites the patient in and sets up a video camera framing the nervous man in front of him. «Have you done your homework?» Dr. Wilhelmsen asks. «Yeah, I've looked through the tape from the last session, and what strikes me is that I didn't explain my problems properly.» Wilhelmsen plays the tape on TV. They watch the part from the last session where the patient explains his heart symptoms. The young man laughs at his own words and says: «Don't you agree it sounds a bit insane?» Wilhelmsen leans towards him and asks: «Do you know why? It is insane!»
The film explores the insane world of hypochondriacs and points to a possible way out of the disease through therapy at the world's only dedicated hypochondriacs clinic. The clinic is situated in Bergen and is led by the renowned Dr. Ingvard Wilhelmsen.
Technical Specifications
Original title Hypokondere
Year 2007
Length 48 min
Languages Norwegian
Production companies Piraya Film
Production countries Norway
Sales/Distribution Kudos Family. Festival distribution: The Norwegian Film Institute.
Format BetaCam
IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8836354
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