The Idiot Cycle

The Idiot Cycle
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Directed by	Emmanuelle Schick Garcia
Produced by	Emmanuelle Schick Garcia and Laila Tahhar
Written by	Emmanuelle Schick Garcia
Narrated by	Emmanuelle Schick Garcia
Music by	Joseph Guigui, David Dahan
Cinematography	Jean Marc Abela, Florian Geyer
Edited by	Yael Bitton
Production company	JPS Films
Distributed by	JPS Films
Release dates	September 25, 2009 (2009-09-25) (Canada)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	France
Language	French English

The Idiot Cycle is a 2009 French-Canadian documentary which alleges that six major chemical companies are responsible for decades of cancer causing chemicals and pollution, and also develop cancer treatments and drugs. It also argues these companies own the most patents on genetically modified crops that have never been tested for long term health impacts like cancer.

Production

The film was shot in Canada (Sarnia, Ottawa, Toronto, ON and Saskatoon, SK), the United States (Memphis, TN, Midland, MI, and Washington DC), The Netherlands (Amsterdam), France (Agen, Paris), Italy (Bologna), Germany (Weilheim, Frankfurt, Bad Neihum, Burladingen, Tübingen), Belgium (Brussels), England (London, Hemel Hempstead), and Northern Ireland (Coleraine).

Film festivals

Awards

• "Green Report" Award - Romanian Film Festival Document.Art.

Appearances

• RIDM (Montreal)
• IDFA (Amsterdam)
• OXDOX (Oxford)
• International Health Film Festival (Greece)

External links

• Website archive
• Interview about The Idiot Cycle
• The Idiot Cycle at IMDb