Synopsis

Two-year-old “Einz” became the first in Asia and youngest in the world to be cryopreserved. After battling brain cancer, her parents, both Thai PhD-holders, decided to cryopreserve her brain with a non-profit in Arizona. Before her death, Einz survived 12 surgeries, and 20 chemo sessions and woke up from a coma. This convinced her father that she desperately wanted to live. The film weaves the family’s footage of Einz, with verite of their journey after her death and recreations of their memories. It follows Sahatorn’s recollections, emotional conflicts and scientific ponderings as he wrestles with his roles as a Buddhist, scientist and loving father. The film examines a world in which we place faith in scientific miracles to fix our problems and it asks whether technology can help heal humanity’s cruelest tragedy: the loss of a child?

Director

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  Pailin Wedel
  

  I’m a filmmaker and journalist based in Bangkok, Thailand. I’ve worked on documentary programs for television including commissioned half-hour episodes for Al Jazeera English’s current events documentary reportage program called 101 East. My work centers on themes of faith, trauma and adaptation to the modernity. Aside from my television work, I also regularly film news pieces for The New York Times, National Geographic, Monocle and the Wall Street Journal.