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The Scent of Fear
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The Scent of Fear

2021-05-20 · 90 min · Not rated

Documentary

The film is a journey around the world where we meet people who are frozen in fear, people who search for them, who find them, who love them. Along the way we meet experts in neuroscience, psychology and politics who show us how society is controlled by messages of fear. The film analyzes the universal question of what fear is and why we are so afraid of it.

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Directors
Mirjam von Arx
Production companies
SRG SSR, SRF, ican films
Countries
Switzerland
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Released

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