Dr. Lucille (2001)The life of Lucille Teasdale, who devoted her life as a surgeon in Uganda from the 1950s to the 1980s. Director:George MihalkaWriter:Robert Forsyth |
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Dr. Lucille (2001)The life of Lucille Teasdale, who devoted her life as a surgeon in Uganda from the 1950s to the 1980s. Director:George MihalkaWriter:Robert Forsyth |
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Marina Orsini | ... |
Dr. Lucille Teasdale
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Massimo Ghini | ... |
Dr. Piero Corti
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| Louis Gossett Jr. | ... |
David Mulera
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Vanessa Cooke | ... |
Sister Agnes
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Robert Whitehead | ... |
Brother Tony
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Barbara-Marie Venter | ... |
Dominique
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Leigh Greyvenstein | ... |
Young Dominique
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Tumisho Masha | ... |
Matthew
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Mpho Lovinga | ... |
Blessing
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Makalo Mofokeng | ... | |
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| Céline Dion | ... |
Herself ("L'amour existe ancor'" (R.Cocciante))
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Percy Matsemela | ... |
Soldier
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The life of Lucille Teasdale, who devoted her life as a surgeon in Uganda from the 1950s to the 1980s.
This beautifully shot film has no plot, only a series of events in a pioneering woman doctor's life that are unconnected by any driving question about the main character. We know very little about the main character, what drives her, what she fears, what she wants, what's getting in her way. Everything that looks like it might develop into a promising bit of conflict is immediately brushed away as she goes from success to success. As a filmstrip about an important Canadian doctor, fine, but as drama? I think not.