All the people in this countryside area, can count on Jean-Pierre, the doctor who auscultates them, heals and reassures them day and night, 7 days a week. Now Jean-Pierre is sick, so he sees Natalie, a young doctor, coming from the hospital to assist him. But will she adapt to this new life and be able to replace the man that believed to be irreplaceable?
François Cluzet
Jean-Pierre Werner
Marianne Denicourt
Nathalie Delezia
Isabelle Sadoyan
Werner's mother
Félix Moati
Vincent Werner
Christophe Odent
Doctor Michel Norès
Patrick Descamps
Francis Maroini
Guy Faucher
Monsieur Sorlin
Margaux Fabre
Ninon
Julien Lucas
Ninon's fiancé
Yohann Goetzmann
Alexis
Josée Laprun
Alexis's mother
Philippe Bertin
Guy
Géraldine Schitter
Fanny
Sylvie Lachat
Depressed patient
Régis Iacono
Diabetic patient
Michel Charrel
Monsieur Jallet
Jeanne Buchard
Young woman with condyloma
Anthony Bajon
Young man with condyloma
Jean Haas
Monsieur Voucher
Michel Ridou
Farmer
Lismène Joseph
Sandana
Françoise Pinkwasser
Patient with the meniscus
Jeanne Cellard
Old bedridden patient
Claudine Baschet
Old lady at the camp
Jennifer Rozier
Enzo's mother
Merwan Baghdadi
Enzo
Blanche Cluzet
CAT educator
Isalinde Giovangigli
Mission officer
Rafik Ben Mebarek
Driver of the accident
Juliette Aoudia
Chemotherapy nurse
Cécile Bouillot
Department representative
Marilyse Lagrafeuil
Restaurant waitress
Sébastien Faglain
Town hall employee
Frank Silver
Country band singer
Wilfried Capet
Bartender
Vladimir Enquin
Mayor's son
Director, Idea, Writer
Thomas Lilti
Co-Writer
Shérazade Khalladi
Writer
Baya Kasmi
October 22, 2017
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**A medicine tale.**
The lives of doctors. Most of the film covered from the professional aspect and between two. A junior and a senior doctor. When I decided to watch it, I anticipated either fun or an inspiring film. But it was like too serious and a casual storyline. I mean it could have been a documentary, but the presentation was clearly a cinematic. Then all cinemas need a writing, so does it. More like from someone's real life experience. It had the ingredients, but everything was straightforward without twist and turn.
If you consider the story progressing to the next level is a twist or turn, then the film had a few of those often. Though they are not effective as what a viewer actually meant a real twist in the storytelling. Nowadays, twist means a mind blowing development/scene. The characters were well designed. Between the main two, the narration keeps hopping, revealing their lives as doctors, especially in the rural. There's more to it, that theirs commitments and differences within their passion for their work.
A single doctor who has been dedicated all his life to the poor patients from the rural, now discovered he has a brain tumour. He begins his treatment right away, but he was advised to retire and rest. That's where a junior doctor comes in. His replacement. The two work together, where she learns all his patients, but it was not a smooth ride. Since he's not happy to be replaced, particularly his patients are unique, their different style of treating the patients brings a crack in the relationship even before they had one.
> ❝What I call nature may be something else for believers. But don't tell me nature is beautiful.❞
One thing that unites them is the medicine. Despite the differences, they make their best effort to contribute from their field of expertise. They are the best doctors, but joining the hand at the wrong time is what the English translated title meant. That's almost the entire story of it. Along with their struggle in the rural settings like it be commuting from place to place, at day and night, whenever the service required.
The film justifies on the roles it focused on than the concept it deals with. So most of those who watches it won't say they saw a very good film. Even me too felt that way. That does not mean it was bad flick. Some people surely would enjoy it being as it is. I think the real doctors or their friends and families and patients, to see their similar experiences on the screen. What I had liked was, highlighting the work ethic between the rural and the city doctor. It was like a two different world.
I have rated it better, because of the quality of the content than what I wanted to have a nice time. Besides, it's almost free of clichés. Like no romance, no medical miracles or the unexpected subplot developed to brighten up the narration in places. That kept me going. Like I have already mentioned, it was practically a documentary feature, with a cinematic experience.
The trivia say, it was made by a doctor turned filmmaker. So what do you expect from such director. His previous flick too was about the same theme. Usually when such films are made, the writers, director do research for depicting the contents perfectly. That has not required here. Nicely made film, but not for everyone. One of the under- noticed film, and that's reasonable for such a film, but bashing it even after watching it like what illiterates does. So watch it and respect it or else do not think about it.
_7/10_
Status:
Released
Original Language:
French
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00