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The English Surgeon Directed by: Geoffrey Smith Production: Eyeline Films and Bungalow Town Production, WUK 2007, 93 min SCREENINGS: 9 May 12.45 15 May 18.45 Meeting with the director 16 May 17.30 Meeting with the director
Selected festivals and awards: 2008 –HotDocs Canadian International Documentary Festival – Best International Feature Documentary; 4 Screens European Festival – Gold Screen; IDFA, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam; San Francisco International Film Festival 2007 – Sheffield Doc /Fest, International Documentary Festival – Most Popular Audience Film
What is it like to have God-like surgical powers, yet to struggle against your own humanity? What is it like to try and save a life, and yet to fail?Shot in a Ukrainian hospital full of desperate patients and makeshift equipment, The English Surgeon is an intimate portrait of brain surgeon Henry Marsh as he wrestles with the dilemmas of the doctor and patient relationship. It’s like selling your soul to the devil, but what can you do? My son had a brain tumour as a baby and I was desperate for someone to help me. I simply can’t walk away from that need in others, says Marsh. With an original soundtrack by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, The English Surgeon openly confronts moral and ethical issues which touch every one of us. And all in a country called Ukraine which is struggling to do the same thing…
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