Electric Malady
Documentary / UK 2022
Dir: Marie Lidén
Swedish / 84 min
In cinemas from 3 March 2023
Available at home from 3 April 2023
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Artist and filmmaker Marie Lidén invites audiences into the isolated world of William, a young man who’s spent a decade reluctantly retreating from modern life. A one-time master’s student and aspiring musician, his adverse reaction to the electrical radiation from our interconnected digital age has led him to a remote cabin in the Swedish wilderness where he’s cut himself off from most forms of technology. But how do you get off the grid when the grid is now everywhere?
Hidden in a foil-encased bedroom, beneath layers of copper-lined fabric, William speaks openly to Lidén about suffering from the condition known as electrosensitivity. Shot partly with a hand-cranked Bolex camera, what emerges is a lyrical and empathetic portrait of loneliness and isolation — and a loving family’s efforts to save their son’s life.
Audio described and captioned versions available.
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“(A) moving feature debut”…“Electric Malady deals with a sensitive subject with patience and empathy”
— ★★★★ Little White Lies
“Very moving”…“I would encourage anyone to watch this”
— Mark Kermode
“A portrait of endurance before the imponderable, where music, beauty, family and empathy are the keys to hope”
— ★★★★ Total Film