Cartas a Nora de Invisibles (2007): la enfermedad de Chagas desde la perspectiva bioética

Abstract

The story Cartas a Nora, the first in a series of five which make up the film Invisibles (2007) directed by Isabel Coixet serves as a reason to criticise the current situation of Chagas disease from the conceptual tools of bioethics. If we follow moral reasoning, we go from the individual case to the bioethical principle of justice (which is one of the four that make up the basic moral principles of this discipline). This approach takes us to a feedback situation: from the individual case to the strengthening of the criticism and condemnation of the injustice of the disease’s present situation and vice versa. The analysis of the formal structure attempts to support the aforementioned, though introducing touches that are considered essential for a full understanding of the kind of narrative presented. It is explained that we are before a fake documentary, its formal structure is explained and it is made clear that it is not disrespectful towards the subject matter. The main purpose of the story, from a moral point of view, is to raise awareness, avoiding direct methods, in order to try to make the invisible visible or, to be more precise, to show us that which we do not want to see.