Paris's sprawling, 350–year–old Laënnec Hospital is anything but a cutting–edge institution, but the sense of humanity that saturates the place speaks to its role in the healing process. Staffed by a passionate, philosophical group of doctors and nurses, it has become a crucial part of the city's architectural and spiritual geography-a monument haunted by history, a place where lives have been saved, now lumbering towards its death. British filmmaker Mark Kidel is known for small masterpieces including Kind of Blue and The Architecture of the Imagination. With short Kissed by Angels (Daniela Zanzotto, England, 2001, 10 mins).