The Scent of Fear

Switzerland2021documentary93'Docs+Science (2022)

In her non-ostentatious, subtly ingenious, meticulous but avoiding obvious examples documentary, Mirjam von Arx takes viewers upon a journey to the heart of fear – the underlying cause of all fears. She combines the subjective and objective order to look for answers to the question about what drives human behaviour: humans or their fears? With the help of world-class experts, she reveals the inseparable relationship between fear and pleasure and discovers the communality of fear. She reveals its underlying cause: records in our collective memory.