366 DIES
2014 · 18m · España
Directed by Poldo Pomés
Genres: biography, documentary
Tones: contemplative, tender
After being diagnosed with breast cancer on 4 January 2013, Cecília Bofarull documents a year of chemotherapy, surgery and radiotherapy, sharing her fears and doubts until the day after her cure changes her course.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
Everyone expects cancer docs to be either inspiration-porn or grim endurance tests—Pomés refuses both, which is bold, but the formal restraint occasionally feels like withholding rather than choosing.
A formally considered entry in the long tradition of intimate medical documentary, situating itself thoughtfully between Wiseman's observational rigor and the personal essay; the year-long arc gives it classical shape.
The decision to let silence and Cecília's own unguarded voice carry the narrative—no score, no narrator, just her talking directly into the camera on the worst days—transforms what could be a medical timeline into something that feels like an actual conversation with someone you trust.