Bodies for Rent | movie | 2024 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

Every year, thousands of people in Canada and the U.S. take part in drug trials, to ensure a medication's functionality  | dG1fbHNPTGxpOUhBR1U

Transcript

00:00I let companies test medications on me in exchange for money.

00:07The very first time I remember being very afraid.

00:11If I had any doubts, I was thinking, I need to pay my rent.

00:22I have a total of like negative 30 cents in my bank account.

00:27I'm not educated. I don't have a lot of other paths.

00:30The only thing I can sell is my body.

00:35When I first started doing clinical trials, the waiver that you sign,

00:39it said you could die and the company wouldn't be liable.

00:43And I was like, that seems nuts, but it seems like easy money and it should be fine.

00:57Are you ever scared that you could be hurting your body?

00:59Yeah. Yeah.

01:04This is my secret.

01:08This is what I do for money.

01:12Today is day four of the clinical trial.

01:16I can't move fast. I can't walk fast.

01:18It hurts when I breathe.

01:19I feel pretty scared.

01:23I've never been in a situation like this.

01:26Sometimes I say little prayers to myself.

01:28Please God, let me be okay.

01:31Let me not die.