25 And Going Down
Original title: Mit 25 Geht’s Bergab
Duration: 75’
Producer: Marianne Schaefer
Director: Milka Pavlicevic, André Schaefer
Participant: Andre Schaefer
Company: FLORIANFILM GmbH
Scientific field: Health, Human Sciences
Year: 2005
Country: Germany
Scientists worldwide work hard to making our lives longer – and for once, the dream of the eternal fountain of youth seems real and close. While many neuro biologists are warning to beware of an “unkeepable promise“, some scientists are proclaiming “the war on ageing“. A pleasant outlook for a brave young world or just a cheap trick from the miracle healers’ cabinet?
Full of hormones, embalmed with tinctures and creams, with silicone breasts and a Botox smile: Youth is our golden calf – and we are dancing around it relentlessly and compulsively. Forever young – but at which price?
25 And Going Down
