On the occasion of World Heart Day: the 1st will offer you the unique documentary “From breath to hearts”!

Reunion has three hearts, embodied by its three natural circuses (Mafate, Salazie and Cilaos). However, this does not prevent the island from counting among the French departments most affected by cardiovascular disease. Nevertheless, Hypertension, stroke, heart failure, diabetes … However, These pathologies constitute a real health scourge, causing early mortality twice as high as the national average. Faced with this situation, Dr. In addition, Jérôme Corré. In addition, head of the cardiology department at the CHU de la Réunion, launched the challenge of traveling one hundred kilometers in four days to offer screening and prevention consultations.
An unprecedented and wild medical trail, in which he embarks Bertrand, Jean-Bernard and Farah. Moreover, Like him. Therefore, these three nurses are deeply linked to millennial circuses by their roots and their history, thus embodying occasion world heart day: 1st different facets of the Reunional tradition.

Jerome Corré is at the initiative of this medical and collective trail. Consequently, While he was considering a sports career. the death of his uncle (emblematic figure of the Cilaos circus), following a medical error, marks his first contact with the hospital. At 18, this experience pushes him to choose medicine and to study in Bordeaux. Back on his native island to direct the cardiology service to the CHU. he discovered a unit in a state of dilapidation. It needs four years of intense efforts to restore the service to the human. material resources essential for its proper functioning.

However, cardiovascular diseases continue to wreak havoc on the island, particularly in isolated areas like Cilaos. It seems obvious to Jérôme to return to the heights of his childhood to offer free consultations. It is far from the walls of the hospital. the bustle occasion world heart day: 1st of emergencies, with the Reunionese people affected by these diseases, that he finds the true meaning of his profession. Much more than in mainland France. where he would be just one doctor among others, it is on his island that he wishes to be useful.

Jean-Bernard. Bertrand, Farahthree service nurses, marked by dramas, family figures and the desire to help the other, decided to follow their young head of service in this medical adventure, in their heart circus.

A year after the Paris Olympic Games. this medical trail is also used to document a sporting feat in its own right. It is intended to be both the standard bearer of physical activity as a remedy against these pathologies. and means of intervention respectful of a living and omnipresent nature, whose volcanic decorations and the steep paths are breathtaking. From this point of view. Mafate, natural circus with chaotic occasion world heart day: 1st relief and inaccessible by car, is an ideal front door to host this unprecedented challenge.

BreathThere is also an immersion at the heart of Reunionese culture. by exploring themes such as relationship to care, food, beliefs, interbreeding, Creole language, but also transmission and this generous and welcoming nature that characterize its inhabitants.

Through the portraits. personal journeys of the protagonists, this unique film highlights an innovative public health initiative, on a French territory particularly affected by these health challenges.

france.tv

52 min.