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Jun 16, 2021 · The Night Doctor: Directed by Elie Wajeman. With Vincent Macaigne, Pio Marmaï, Sara Giraudeau, Sarah Le Picard. A doctor tries to extricate himself from the stressful work of treating drug addicts, the homeless and the destitute in difficult neighborhoods at night.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
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- 2021-06-16
THE NIGHT DOCTOR (2020) (FRANCE) Drama, ThrillerMédecin de nuit (Original Title)Directed by Elie WajemanOfficial Selection 2020• Cannes Film Festival• Gene...
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Oct 23, 2020 · Directed by : Elie Wajeman Produced by : Partizan Films Genre: Fiction - Runtime: 1 h 40 min French release: 20/01/2021 Production year: 2020 Mikael is docto...
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Synopsis. Mikael is doctor on night call. It’s a vocation. Between two patient-visits in slum areas, he cares for those whom no one else wants to see: the drug addicts, the homeless…. He rubs shoulders with destitution. His life is in shambles. Especially when it comes to his pharmacist cousin who makes him write false prescriptions for ...
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- Léo-Antonin Lutinier
- Elie Wajeman
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A doctor tries to extricate himself from the stressful work of treating drug addicts, the homeless and the destitute in difficult neighborhoods at night. Recommendations Slide 1 of 17
Mikaël is a doctor on night call. He looks after patients from underprivileged neighborhoods, as well as drug addicts. Torn between his wife and his mistress, and embroiled in trafficking fraudulent prescriptions, Mikaël is left with no choice: tonight, he has to reclaim control over his life.
Cast spectacularly against type, actor Vincent Macaigne is riveting as he cruises through the mean streets of Paris into its seedy underbelly, a labyrinthine world of opioid junkies and pharmacist-abetted drug trafficking… not as a Philip Marlow- or Travis Bickle-type character, but as a “night doctor.”