Hippocrates: Diary of a French Doctor (2014)

The daily life of an hospital through the eyes of new intern Benjamin.

Director:

Thomas Lilti

Writers:

Pierre Chosson (scenario), Baya Kasmi (scenario)

Stars:

Vincent Lacoste, Jacques Gamblin, Reda Kateb

1 win & 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Vincent Lacoste	...	Benjamin
Jacques Gamblin	...	Professeur Barois
Reda Kateb	...	Abdel
Marianne Denicourt	...	Denormandy
Félix Moati	...	Stéphane
Carole Franck	...	Myriam
Philippe Rebbot	...	Guy
Julie Brochen	...	Madame Lemoine
Jeanne Cellard	...	Madame Richard
Thierry Levaret	...	Monsieur Lemoine, dit Tsunami
Rafik Ben Mebarek	...	Aide-soignant brancard
Josée Laprun	...	Lingère hôpital 1
Zohra Benali	...	Koka
Juliette Aoudia	...	Juliette
Luc Leclerc du Sablon	...	Patient ponction

Storyline

Benjamin is going to become a great doctor, he is sure of it. But his first experience as junior doctor in his father's service, the Professor Barois, does not turn out the way he hoped it would. Benjamin will be brutally confronted with his own limits, his fears, those of his patients, families, doctors and the staff.

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Plot Keywords:

doctor | patient | junior doctor | white coat | latex gloves | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

19 June 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hippocrates: Diary of a French Doctor

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,134, 17 July 2015, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$17,358, 9 August 2015

Company Credits

Production Co:

31 Juin Films, France 2 Cinéma, France Télévisions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (HD)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film features an episode of "House, M.D." (Dr House): Acceptance (2005)

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Connections

Features House M.D.: Acceptance (2005)

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Soundtracks

Mala vida
Written by Manu Chao
Performed by Mano Negra

User Reviews

French Doctor In the House – nearly

Benjamin (Vincent Lacoste) has just started at the Paris hospital where his papa works and he is convinced he is going to be a model doctor. However; he soon finds out that theory is often easier than practice. He also encounters an Algerian doctor Abdel (Reda Kateb – 'A Prophet') who is among the legions of foreign doctors who have to doubly prove themselves in the French medical system.

They get up to the usual shenanigans and also like to party – but the realities of cutbacks and a hospital administrator poached from Amazon (!) starts to make doing their job too difficult.

Now this is supposed to be a comedy – and it was amusing in places but far from being actually laugh out loud. The acting is all fine, and the stories were very good too – I like the fact they all watch 'House'. However this is just a nice film and not one that is going to rock your world – that said I still enjoyed it. If you are a Francophile or like a medical drama then I am sure you will appreciate this Gallic offering.