Film Info
Beauty

Film Information

Exhibition Title	Beauty
Original Title	Schönheit
English Title	Beauty
Director	Carolin Schmitz
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Year	2012
Format	35 mm
Colour	Color
Duration	90'

Production:

Guión / Scriptwriter: Carolin Schmitz
Fotografía / Cinematography: Hajo Schomerus
Edición / Editing: Stefan Oliveira-Pita
Producción / Producer: Titus Kreyenberg
Compañía Productora / Production Company: Unafilm

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Synopsis

Testimonies from all kinds of people are placed in front of the camera all throughout Beauty. All the people here are linked by the fact that they all went through some surgical procedure in order to improve their looks, and they all lend not just their voice but their bodies as an empiric work field. There’s a story behind every scalpel, and they’re all different. The reasons are diverse, and the first person narration reveals each one’s desire and reasons for modifying their body. And so, the stories of surgical procedures –from a doctor injecting himself something to erase forehead marks to a women who leads a group of operated women who assist those willing to have surgery– intertwine the central topic of this film about the quest for beauty. At the same time, the film offers to go through and rethink some other parallel issues, like the barrier separating medical treatment from aesthetic fanaticism, the need to be pretty, and the desire of approval.