CinemaOSMovie · 2023 · 1h 42m

On the Edge - Health System in Crisis

A young doctor with an exemplary humanist spirit fights a brave battle to hold together the run-down Paris hospital where he works – and to hold his patients together in the process.

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Things are busy at the Paris hospital where young psychiatrist Jamal and his colleagues work. The place is run down, the staff are exhausted, budgets are constantly being slashed. You know the story, but you’ve rarely seen it conveyed as engagingly as in ‘On the Edge’, which employs a handheld camera and meaningful, artistic interventions to observe the daily routine at the psychiatric ward. The deeply sympathetic Jamal is an everyday hero with an exemplary, humanistic disposition, for whom the most important prerequisites for mental health – and for a healthy society in general – are good relationships with other people. He puts his philosophy into practice by listening patiently, giving good advice and organising theatre exercises based on Molière. Realism and idealism, however, are in balance for the young doctor, at least as long as the institutional framework holds up.

Directed byNicolas Peduzzi

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 42m
Language
FR
Released
March 18, 2023
Studios
Gogogo Films

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Directed by
Nicolas Peduzzi
Written by
Nicolas Peduzzi
Produced by
Carine Ruszniewski

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