Synopsis

The placebo effect has long enjoyed a sulphurous reputation. To attribute a cure to the placebo effect was to consider that the illness was the result of the state of mind of an imaginary patient. If the patient had invented his ailment, he could well invent his cure. And yet, the more medicine refines its diagnoses and therapies, the more seriously the placebo effect is taken as a therapeutic option. Science has recently demonstrated that the placebo effect modifies physiological parameters. Through rigorous investigation, this film takes a fresh look at our formidable power of self-healing.

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