Saturday, January 25, 2025

Gen_ (2025) Sundance 2025


The underscore is part of the title. It is there because the Gen of the title can lead into any number of words.

This is the story of Milan’s Niguarda public hospital where Dr. Bini over sees the teams of doctors trying to help their patients undergoing in vitro fertilization and dealing with questions regarding their gender identities while dealing with the rules set up by the very conservative government.

This is an observational documentary following Bini and the doctors are they try to make the lives of their patients better. Set to a jazz score the film gets us up close and personal to the day to day operations of the doctors and patients.

This is a good little film that entertained and informed me, but which didn’t really stick with me. The problem is that as much as we are in the rooms with the doctors and patients we are still seemingly behind a wall, we remain outside observers. That doesn’t mean the film is bad, only that I never fully connected.

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