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A Canadian doctor finds her sympathies sorely tested while working in the conflict ravaged Palestinian territories.A Canadian doctor finds her sympathies sorely tested while working in the conflict ravaged Palestinian territories.A Canadian doctor finds her sympathies sorely tested while working in the conflict ravaged Palestinian territories.
- Awards
- 5 wins & 16 nominations
Yousef 'Joe' Sweid
- Faysal
- (as Yousef Sweid)
- Director
- Writer
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- GoofsChloe is seen participating in a funeral procession for a martyr (a boy killed by the Israelis). The boy is in a coffin, which is incorrect - martyrs are buried in a shroud, without a coffin. In addition, in Muslim societies in the Middle East, women would generally not participate in a funeral procession - though since Chloe is a foreigner she may get away with it.
- SoundtracksNew York Nights
Written by Barrie Gledden, Steve Dymond and Jason Pedder
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A white coat alone does not a doctor make!
This powerful film is good, haunting, disturbing. But the Chloe character is fake, in- authentic and sad. Putting a white coat on a character does not make them a physician. Chloe as played is weak. There comes with education and experience in medicine an authority that is entirely lacking in this Chloe. This woman does not convey comfort with the bodies of the women she serves? Nor does she talk to them as if she has their best interests at heart. She repeatedly shuffles them in and out of clinics as if they are cattle, not humans.
A physician in her place would be a passionate advocate for all life; she would be a feminist. She would fight for life. But in the scenes wherein a child and baby die in her presence there is no attempt to save a life. She even states "I have blood on my shoes". Not: " I have blood on my hands". She lets a baby die without any attempt to breathe life into it.
Bizarre especially given the choice she makes by the end to truly have blood on her hands.
I went to the movie to see the choice a physician has made in extreme circumstances, but was met with a character that in no way understood or lived as a physician. Such a sad failure for a movie that could shock if written and acted as the story demanded
A physician in her place would be a passionate advocate for all life; she would be a feminist. She would fight for life. But in the scenes wherein a child and baby die in her presence there is no attempt to save a life. She even states "I have blood on my shoes". Not: " I have blood on my hands". She lets a baby die without any attempt to breathe life into it.
Bizarre especially given the choice she makes by the end to truly have blood on her hands.
I went to the movie to see the choice a physician has made in extreme circumstances, but was met with a character that in no way understood or lived as a physician. Such a sad failure for a movie that could shock if written and acted as the story demanded
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- robkillian
- Jun 1, 2013
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $9,840
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,391
- Aug 18, 2013
- Gross worldwide
- $317,656
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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