Patients

Patients

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Release Date

3/1/2017

Runtime

110 mins

Overview

After a serious sport accident in a swimming pool, Ben, now an incomplete quadriplegic, arrives in a rehabilitation center. He meets with other handicapped persons (tetraplegics, paraplegics, traumatized crania), all victims of accidents, as well as a handicapped since his early childhood. They go through impotence, despair and resignation, with their daily struggle to learn how to move a finger or to hold a fork. Some of them slowly find a little mobility while others receive the verdict of the handicap for life. Despite everything, hope and friendship help them endure their difficulties.

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

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Revenue

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A candid, unsentimental look at life in a rehabilitation center where patients grapple with catastrophic loss while discovering that friendship and small victories make survival bearable. The film balances raw despair with dark humor and genuine human connection.

Mood

MelancholicHopefulBittersweet

Themes

GriefFriendshipIdentitySurvivalComing apart

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Ensemble

Heads up

Suicide and self-harm

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