DR. ALEMÁN
synopsis
Marc, a young German doctor, arrives in the Colombian metropolis of Cali on an exchange visit and starts work in a local hospital. The operating theatre looks like a war zone: most of his patients have stab or gunshot wounds, the result of street scuffles. The young man from a traditional family of doctors disregards the word of warning from his superiors and sets off into the deprived neighbourhood of Siloé looking for a bit of excitement: he befriends the kids from the local gang and falls in love with a stall-holder called Wanda. His new life of drugs and dangerous encounters taints his reputation as a “German doctor”, and distances him from his colleagues at the hospital and his host family.
international title: | Dr. Alemán |
original title: | Dr. Alemán |
country: | Germany |
year: | 2008 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Tom Schreiber |
film run: | 106' |
release date: | DE 14/08/2008 |
screenplay: | Oliver Keidel, Tom Schreiber |
cast: | August Diehl, Marleyda Soto, Victor Villegas, Andrés Parra, Hernán Méndez, David Steven Bravo |
cinematography by: | Olaf Hirschberg |
film editing: | Andreas Wodraschke |
music: | Josef Suchy |
producer: | Harry Flöter, Jörg Siepmann, Arne Ludwig |
production: | 2Pilots Filmproduction |
backing: | BKM, FFA, éQuinoxe |
distributor: | Telepool |