Our Curse
2013•27m•5.6•Released
Documentary
The film is a personal statement of the director and his wife, who have to deal with a very rare and incurable disease of their newborn child – the Ondine’s Curse (also known as CCHS, congenital central hypoventilation syndrome). People affected with this disease stop breathing during sleep and require a lifetime mechanical ventilation on a ventilator. The film shows the process of taming fear associated with the disease.
Director
Tomasz Śliwiński
Writer
Tomasz Śliwiński
Languages
Polish
Studio
Warszawska Szkoła Filmowa
Cast
Tomasz Śliwiński
Self
Magda Hueckel
Self
Leo Hueckel-Śliwiński
Self
Production
Company
Warszawska Szkoła Filmowa
Producer
Maciej Ślesicki
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