Lost Cells

Story

Synopsis

“A gift so precious, you can only offer it once” was the promise Cryosave, a Swiss multinational and global leader in stem cell banking, made to hundreds of thousands of new parents. For a few thousand francs, the company offered to store their newborn’s umbilical cord blood, an insurance policy against more than 80 illnesses, a safeguard for the future. But behind the brochures lay marketing schemes, hidden commissions, and a lack of oversight. In 2019, Cryosave abruptly went bankrupt. Without notifying its clients, the company quietly transferred over 300,000 stem cell samples to a lab in Poland. Since then, many parents have been fighting to recover what they believed was safely stored.

Directors

Valeria Mazzucchi, Antoine Harari

Writers

Valeria Mazzucchi, Antoine Harari

Language

French

Country

Switzerland

Release date

12 September 2025

Ensemble

Cast

• Tatjana Petakovic

  Self - client

• Luis Daniel

  Self - client of Cryo-Save

• Frédéric Amar

  Self - Cryo-Save C.E.O.

• Jean Jacques Carrier

  Self - intendant for Frédéric Amar

• Massimiliano Seregni

  Self - lawyer

• Jakub Baran

  Self - FamiCord C.E.O. (PBKM)