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Dr. Ketel (2011)
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Original name: Dr. Ketel - Der Schatten von Neukölln
Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Berlin’s notorious Neukoelln district. The near future. A time in which the health system has collapsed. A man works in the shadows and without license as a doctor. He has no practice, no appointments system. He treats people in the courtyards and streets – everywhere he’s needed, stealing medicine from pharmacies. Nobody knows his name or that by day he’s the caretaker of a shabby tenement building. He pushes boundaries and suffers defeats that cost him the last of his strength. Forced to adopt the role of a shadow, an outlaw, he is confronted with the question as to whether he really is a doctor.
Style:
neo noir, medical drama, independent film, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, tense, bleak, intense ...
Plot:
outlaw, medical profession, urban, moral dilemma, social inequality, medicine, physician, doctor, medical, life is a bitch, social problems, doctors and patients, city life, urban setting, social issues, survival, underground, sacrifice, altruism, realism, identity crisis, urban decay, empathy, dystopia, community ...
Time:
near future, future
Place:
berlin germany
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Audience:
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