Ciné Club

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Hippocrate (Diary of a French Doctor)  Directed by Thomas Lilti 2014

Jamais sans doute, dans un film français, l'hôpital public n'avait été montré avec une telle justesse, une telle précision ; jamais la réalité du monde hospitalier, les problèmes auxquels doivent faire face ceux qui y vivent, qu'ils soient médecins, infirmiers, aides-soignants ou patients, n'avaient été observés avec une telle acuité. Hippocrate, le film de Thomas Lilti, ne serait que cela, ce serait déjà formidable. Mais comme il s'agit, en plus, d'un film épatant, drôle, émouvant, intelligent, on commencera par une prescription : à voir sans tarder.

(Le Monde)

Following up his debut feature, 2007’s “Les yeux bandés”, Thomas Lilti takes us inside a Paris hospital—an environment he knows well, being a practicing doctor himself. Novice doctor Benjamin (Vincent Lacoste), interning in his father’s ward, makes a rookie mistake that costs a patient his life. The administration quickly covers up his wrongdoing, but the dead man’s wife begins asking questions and Benjamin’s overworked colleagues resent his nepotism. Reda Kateb (A Prophet, Zero Dark Thirty) provides the film’s moral center as Abdel, a skilled physician forced to work as an intern due to his immigrant status, struggling mightily and alone to place patient welfare ahead of staff impunity. Recalling both Arthur Hiller’s “The Hospital” in its cynical view of the profession and Maïwenn’s Polisse in its tough depiction of state institutions, Lilti’s biting dramedy posits that “Hippocratic” and “hypocrite” share more than linguistic affinities. Nominated for seven César Awards including Best Film. A Distrib Films release.

(from Lincoln Center, film’s American debut)

Darkroom (free - probably need to create an account), Apple TV (rent), Amazon Video (rent), and see if your local library has the DVD

 Hippocrate - Diary of a French Doctor de Thomas Lilti 2014 

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