Burning Out(2016)

Burning Out Synopsis

Burning Out is literally a drama about life and death. For two years, the Belgian director Jérôme le Maire followed the members of a surgical unit in one of the biggest hospitals in Paris. Constantly under severe stress, understaffed and subject to severe budget cuts, employees fight each other for resources. Meanwhile the management imposes ever more stringent efficiency and profitability targets. All over Europe burnout has reached epidemic proportions among employees in the public and private sectors. Will we end up killing ourselves? Or will we be able to find meaning and joy at work?

Burning Out (2016) is a documentary and drama film directed by Jérôme Le Maire, released on November 18, 2016 with a runtime of 1h 25m. Viewers rate it 6.8 out of 10 across 4 ratings.