Our Curse

27m
Documentary
5.8

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.

Cast

Tomasz Śliwiński
Self
Magda Hueckel
Self
Leo Hueckel-Śliwiński
Self

Crew

Tomasz Śliwiński
Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
Magda Hueckel
Director of Photography
Maciej Ślesicki
Producer

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