DOCTOR JACK
by Benoît Lange, Pierre-Antoine Hiroz
synopsis
Surrounded by books, Jack Preger leads an ascetic life in a room on the roof of his school. This tireless doctor has roamed the slums of Calcutta for 35 years. Through his perseverance and radical life choice, he initiated a movement that has become global: street medicine. At 83 years of age, he has accepted for the first time to speak in front of a camera, thus opening the personal book of his exceptional life, that of a secular saint.
international title: | Doctor Jack |
original title: | Docteur Jack |
country: | Switzerland, France |
year: | 2016 |
genre: | documentary |
directed by: | Benoît Lange, Pierre-Antoine Hiroz |
film run: | 83' |
screenplay: | Benoît Lange, Claude Muret |
cinematography by: | Camille Cottagnoud |
film editing: | Mike Fromentin, Thomas Queille |
music: | François Bernheim, Kevin Queille |
producer: | David Rihs, Frédéric Ansart de Lessan, Benoît Lange |
production: | Point Prod, Episode 4, RTS - Radio Télévision Suisse, Dr Jack Production (Fondation Calcutta Espoir) |
distributor: | Adok Films |