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IDFA 2008

The English Surgeon

Geoffrey Smith
Engeland
2007
93 min
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What's it like to have God like surgical powers, yet to struggle against your own humanity? What’s it like to try and save a life, and yet to fail? Shot in an Ukrainian hospital full of desperate patients and makeshift equipment, this film is an intimate portrait of neurosurgeon Henry Marsh as he wrestles with the dilemmas of the doctor-patient relationship. “It’s like selling your soul to the devil, but what can you do? My baby son had a brain tumour and I was desperate for someone to help me. I simply can’t walk away from that need in others”

Credits
Regisseur
Co-productie
    Bungalow Town Productions
    Bungalow Town Productions
Cinematografie
Involved TV Channel
    BBC,
    POV/PBS,
    YLE TV2
    BBC,
    POV/PBS,
    YLE TV2
World Sales
    Ro*co Films International
    Ro*co Films International
Screening copy
    Eyeline Films
    Eyeline Films