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Hippocrates, diary of a French doctor, directed by Thomas Lilti

Label
Hippocrates, diary of a French doctor, directed by Thomas Lilti
Language
fre
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Hippocrates
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
1077099527
Responsibility statement
directed by Thomas Lilti
Runtime
101
Sub title
diary of a French doctor
Summary
Directed by a former medical doctor, the film is a darkly comic portrait of a Paris hospital as seen through the eyes of a young intern, Benjamin who begins his internship at the hospital ward run by his father. Confident and determined to be a success, Vincent soon realizes that the reality of practicing medicine is a lot grimmer than what he had imagined. Vincent finds himself overshadowed by a more talented intern Abdel who is disadvantaged by his status as an immigrant
Technique
live action
Classification
resource.filmdirector
Publisher
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