Italian director Alessandra Celesia tells a moving story of loss and scientific hope that begins when her cat Tito falls from the eighth floor and survives seriously injured. This tragic event triggers a chain of events that stretch from Italy to China and raise profound questions about life, healing and the possibilities of modern medicine. The film interweaves Celesia's personal crisis with groundbreaking medical research in China, where she and her cat are participating in a clinical trial aimed at restoring paraplegic patients' ability to walk through the transplantation of an artificial spinal cord known as neurogel. This scientific endeavor not only reflects the search for a cure for her cat, but also profoundly touches Celesia's own coming to terms with her past and the emotional scars that shape her. Alessandra Celesia uses her platform to dive deep into the mechanisms of human and animal regeneration, asking universal questions about the nature of healing and human resilience. THE MECHANICS OF THINGS powerfully demonstrates how personal suffering can become a catalytic moment for scientific and interpersonal breakthroughs. THE MECHANICS OF THINGS connects Celesia's personal story to a larger narrative framework that invites viewers to reflect on the connection between science, ethics and personal healing. The film impressively illustrates how advances in medicine are able to heal not only physical wounds, but also emotional ones, and thus represents an important cultural and scientific reflection of our time.
A daughter trying to fix the unfixable with the help of an experimental method from China.
Italian director Alessandra Celesia tells a moving story of loss and scientific hope that begins when her cat Tito falls from the eighth floor and survives seriously injured. This tragic event triggers a chain of events that stretch from Italy to China and raise profound questions about life, healing and the possibilities of modern medicine.
The film interweaves Celesia's personal crisis with groundbreaking medical research in China, where she and her cat are participating in a clinical trial aimed at restoring paraplegic patients' ability to walk through the transplantation of an artificial spinal cord known as neurogel. This scientific endeavor not only reflects the search for a cure for her cat, but also profoundly touches Celesia's own coming to terms with her past and the emotional scars that shape her.
Alessandra Celesia uses her platform to dive deep into the mechanisms of human and animal regeneration, asking universal questions about the nature of healing and human resilience. THE MECHANICS OF THINGS powerfully demonstrates how personal suffering can become a catalytic moment for scientific and interpersonal breakthroughs.
THE MECHANICS OF THINGS connects Celesia's personal story to a larger narrative framework that invites viewers to reflect on the connection between science, ethics and personal healing. The film impressively illustrates how advances in medicine are able to heal not only physical wounds, but also emotional ones, and thus represents an important cultural and scientific reflection of our time.