Helene Wilfur is a brilliant student at a medical school devoted to research, and the outstanding student of Professor Amboise. Pierre Rguier, another student, is in love with Helene but, after learning he has an incurable disease, commits suicide.
Should you actually watch this? If you have a rainy afternoon and feel like watching something that makes you think about how hard life was in 1936, then yes. It is definitely for people who like French cinema and don't mind a story that feels a bit like a heavy book. You will probably hate this movie if you want somet...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Jean Benoît-Lévy
Robert N. Bradbury
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"Should you actually watch this? If you have a rainy afternoon and feel like watching something that makes you think about how hard life was in 1936, then yes. It is definitely for people who like French cinema and don't mind a story that feels a bit like a heavy book. You will probably hate this movie if you want something fast. It moves at the speed of a slow-dripping faucet. But the faucet is dripping medicine, I guess? 💊 I found myself really liking the main character, Helene. She is..."
Paul Escoffier
Jean Benoît-Lévy, Vicki Baum, Marie Epstein
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