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The English Surgeon
Geoffrey Smith 2007
Categories: Featured, International Spectrum
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Run time: 94 min. | UK | Language: English
When British brain surgeon Henry Marsh first visited the KGB Hospital in Kiev in the early 1990s, he was appalled by the conditions. Patients were dying from simple tumours left untreated. Since then, Marsh has been on a mission to create a viable brain surgery clinic, salvaging discarded equipment from British hospitals, second-hand drills from flea markets and any other tools that may be fashioned to do the job. Geoffrey Smith's exceptional documentary follows the maverick neurosurgeon on his latest trip to the Ukraine, as he once again encounters patients for whom he is their last chance. Marian is among them. Stricken by an enormous, life-threatening brain tumour, we follow Marian through his harrowing brain surgery. As Marsh tackles increasingly risky cases, he is haunted by the memory of a young Ukrainian girl whose operation went fatally wrong. Tense, heartbreaking and at times humorous, this is an extraordinary documentary. Musical score composed and performed by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.
-Sarah Whitehouse
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9:30 PM     Mon, Apr 21 Bloor + add to cal
4:00 PM     Wed, Apr 23 Isabel Bader + add to cal
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director
Geoffrey Smith
 
producer
Geoffrey Smith
Rachel Wexler
composer
Nick Cave
Warren Ellis
cinematographer
Graham Day
editor
Kathy O'Shea
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