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THE NIGHT DOCTOR (2020) (FRANCE) Drama, Thriller Médecin de nuit (Original Title) Directed by Elie Wajeman Official Selection 2020 • Cannes Film Festival • Geneva Film Festival CAST: Vincent...
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The Night Doctor: Directed by Elie Wajeman. With Vincent Macaigne, Pio Marmaï, Sara Giraudeau, Sarah Le Picard. A doctor tries to extricate himself from the stressful work of treating drug addicts, the homeless and the destitute in difficult neighborhoods at night.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Elie Wajeman
- 2021-06-16
Jun 16, 2021 · Mikael is doctor on night call. It’s a vocation. Between two patient-visits in slum areas, he cares for those whom no one else wants to see: the drug addicts, the homeless….
A humanitarian doctor in Paris works as a "night doctor" (a dispatcher sends him on home visits to patient overnight to provide urgent care). Meanwhile he moonlights writing Subutex scrips for desperate addicts, providing harm reduction.
Mikaël is a doctor on night call. He looks after patients from underprivileged neighborhoods, as well as drug addicts. Torn between his wife and his mistress, and embroiled in trafficking fraudulent prescriptions, Mikaël is left with no choice: tonight, he has to reclaim control over his life.
Directed by Elie Wajeman. Mikael is doctor on night call. It’s a vocation. Between two patient-visits in slum areas, he cares for those whom no one else wants to see: the drug addicts, the homeless… He rubs shoulders with destitution. His life is in shambles.
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Jun 14, 2021 · The screenplay of Médecin de Nuit (The Night Doctor) is based on two trials that the director attended, involving several doctors accused of collaborating in trafficking Subutex medication. These real-life events are brilliantly transformed by Elie Wajeman into a social and existentialist crime film.
