Your toaster is plotting against your hormones. Seriously.
Our most mundane daily lives are full of chemicals. Embedded in plastics, detergents and toasters, nestled in food, cans, toys, shampoos, they are invisible and everywhere at once, including in our bodies. Consumer society and petrochemical magic wander into our little interiors under names that are strictly unknown and perfectly barbaric. Phthalates, brominated flame retardants, parabens, bisphenol-A have the unfortunate disadvantage of burglarizing our hormonal privacy: they are endocrine disruptors. For the renowned scientists who appear in this documentary, this chemical impregnation is not unrelated to the development of so-called modern diseases – from breast cancer to obesity. The observation, rather serious, does not prevent the film from taking the side of the second degree.
Direction
Horel's sardonic French wit weaponizes dread into dark comedy.
Editing
Juxtaposing corporate ads with lab horror — brutal, effective.
Writing
Scientific rigor delivered with venomous irony.
Director
Stéphane Horel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Horel spent three years chasing interviews with scientists who'd been ghosted by major news outlets due to industry pressure.
This film helped spark France's 2015 law banning BPA in food containers — rare documentary with direct legislative impact.
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