On the Edge - Health System in Crisis
On the Edge - Health System in Crisis

Movie·2023·1h 42m

On the Edge - Health System in Crisis

A young doctor with an exemplary humanist spirit fights a brave battle to hold together the run-down Paris hospital where he works – and to hold his patients together in the process.

Country

France

Language

French

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The Story

Original title: État limite

Things are busy at the Paris hospital where young psychiatrist Jamal and his colleagues work. The place is run down, the staff are exhausted, budgets are constantly being slashed. You know the story, but you’ve rarely seen it conveyed as engagingly as in ‘On the Edge’, which employs a handheld camera and meaningful, artistic interventions to observe the daily routine at the psychiatric ward. The deeply sympathetic Jamal is an everyday hero with an exemplary, humanistic disposition, for whom the most important prerequisites for mental health – and for a healthy society in general – are good relationships with other people. He puts his philosophy into practice by listening patiently, giving good advice and organising theatre exercises based on Molière. Realism and idealism, however, are in balance for the young doctor, at least as long as the institutional framework holds up.

Producer

Carine Ruszniewski

Editor

Nicolas Sburlati

Themes

psychiatric hospitalhospitalcaregiverfinancial crisiseconomic crisismental hospitalhospitalizationeconomic problemsefficiencyhospital staffhospital settinghealthcare service

Production House

Gogogo Films

Audience Score

82%

12 votes

Skip5%
Timepass12%
Go for it36%
Perfection47%

Where to watch

Region: FR

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Crew

Nicolas Peduzzi

Director, Writer

Carine Ruszniewski

Producer

Nicolas Sburlati

Editor

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