Lost Cells (2025)
“A gift so precious, you can only offer it once” was the promise Cryosave, a Swiss multinational and global leader in stem cell banking, made to hundreds of thousands of new parents. For a few thousand francs, the company offered to store their newborn’s umbilical cord blood, an insurance policy against more than 80 illnesses, a safeguard for the future. But behind the brochures lay marketing schemes, hidden commissions, and a lack of oversight. In 2019, Cryosave abruptly went bankrupt. Without notifying its clients, the company quietly transferred over 300,000 stem cell samples to a lab in Poland. Since then, many parents have been fighting to recover what they believed was safely stored.
Directors:
Valeria Mazzucchi, Antoine Harari.
Writers:
Valeria Mazzucchi, Antoine Harari.
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Tatjana Petakovic as Self - client |
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Luis Daniel as Self - client of Cryo-Save |
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Frédéric Amar as Self - Cryo-Save C.E.O. |
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Jean Jacques Carrier as Self - intendant for Frédéric Amar |
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Massimiliano Seregni as Self - lawyer |
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Jakub Baran as Self - FamiCord C.E.O. (PBKM) |
| Directing | Valeria Mazzucchi | Director |
| Writing | Valeria Mazzucchi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Antoine Harari | Screenplay |
| Directing | Antoine Harari | Director |
| Production | David Rihs | Producer |
| Editing | Christine Hoffet | Editor |
| Editing | Valentin Rotteli | Editor |
| Camera | Thomas Szczepanski | Director of Photography |
| Production | Morgane Herbez | Producer |
| Production | Malwina Ourgias | Producer |
| Production | Sophie Antonilli | Producer |
| Sound | L'Houcine Atmani | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Thimothée Crettaz | Sound |
| Sound | Sergio Fernández Borrás | Sound |
| Sound | Nicolás Tsabertidis | Sound |
| Sound | Bruno Rochet | Sound |
| Sound | Adam Tlak | Sound |