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Doctor-turned-filmmaker Thomas Lilti draws on his own experience working in a Normandy practice for this authentic, engrossing portrait of life as a hard-pressed country doctor.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS FILM IS IN FRENCH, WITH DUTCH SUBTITLES.
The residents of a small rural community can count on the 24/7 comforting care of their country doctor, Jean-Pierre Werner. But when Jean-Pierre himself falls sick, fresh-out-of-med-school Nathalie is sent by the local hospital to become his second-in-command. Jean-Pierre has always buried himself in the task of helping others, but a sainted doctor makes for a reluctant and obstreperous patient. Can Nathalie truly begin to replace the irreplaceable Dr. Werner?
Thomas Lilti, France, 2016, 102 min. French spoken, Dutch subtitles.
With François Cluzet, Marianne Denicourt, Christophe Odent, Patrick Descamps, Guy Faucher.