The Murderous Heatwave
details
- Production
- 2004, France
- Original language
- French
- Running time
- 00:52:00
- Genre
- documentary
- Topic
- society
- Directed by
- Jean-François Hassoun
- Written by
- Jean-François Hassoun
- Produced by
- Gédéon programmes
- Member page
- Gédéon programmes
August 2003: 14.802 people die from the un-precedent heat wave which strikes France. An unexpected medical catastrophe in a developed country which today questions its inability to face such a disaster.
What did we learn from it? Doctors, politicians, Weather forecasters and first hand accounts from this tragic month will help answer this question.