Vivo, Best Drug is Life (52')
VIVO, BEST DRUG IS LIFE (52')
INFORMATION
FR / 2012 / 52’ / HD / French, English
Keskya Productions / Oversea Production / France 5 / Directed by Jeremie Attali
Worldwide rights available
TAGS
Women, men, drug, dependance, addiction
SYNOPSIS
An in-depth look at the community of San Patrignano, the largest drug rehabilitation centre in the world. This centre, boasts a 2000-person capacity and has been offering its 4-year therapeutic programme free of cost since 1978. The centre’s extraordinary success rate is a result of its unwillingness to consider addiction as an illness, and its non-classical therapeutic approach that aims to eliminate dependence without drug substitution. We follow the lives of five community residents, each from different countries, as they recount their journey of struggle and hope.