Crazy Hormones – Men and women in menopause
Documentary by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke and Claudia Dejá
2018, 52 min. ZDF/Arte
Virtually every woman who enters menopause has questions about what’s happening to her body and how to effectively deal with the changes. The broad availability of medicines, remedies and even hormones even conveys the concept that menopause as a curable “deficiency disorder”.
This documentary takes a look at the scientific and medical contexts of menopause as well as the latest findings in international research. Are artificial hormones medically necessary or a seductive, supposed fountain of youth? Do they truly assist in alleviating the suffering of women, or are they lifestyle drugs reflecting a zeitgeist in which ageing is no longer acceptable and older people are seen as “flawed”?
A visual and provoking science documentary about the hot time of menopause that also takes a look at whether and how the hormones in men likewise go crazy.
Crew
Director: Reinhild Dettmer-Finke and Claudia Dejá
Camera: Ingo Behring, Ursula Wernly, Thorne Müller, Jean Schablin
Editor: Mike Schlömer
Composer: Karl-Heinz Blomann
Grafic Design / Animation: Jörn Pepper
Producer/Production: Anahita Nazemi, Kobalt Documentary
Commissioning Editor: Ann-Christin Hornberger ZDF/Arte
Press comment
Von Walen, Menschen und Wechseljahren – starke Arte-Doku über Hormone.
WAZ, 12.05.2018
Ein zum Nachdenken anregendes Kontrastprogramm zum Eurovision Song Contest.
NRZ, 12.05.18
Die Arte-Dokumentation "Verrückte Hormone" räumt mit den vielen Mythen dieser Phase des Lebens auf.
Hamburger Abendblatt, 12.05.18