Morphine
Drama
The year is 1917. We are in the Russian countryside. It is the middle of freezing winter. A pale young, newly educated doctor arrives. Having to deal with one medical challenge after another he soon becomes the center of everyone's attention. To soothe the impressions of human suffering he turns to morphine.
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A stark, wintry descent into the isolating grip of addiction. This film feels like a raw, unflinching examination of a doctor's struggle against overwhelming suffering and his own reliance on morphine. It's a somber, introspective experience.
bleakintrospectiveharrowingmelancholicslow-burnperiod dramaarthousegritty realismaddictionsufferingisolationduty
amputationdrug addictionmorphinedoctorbased on short storyrussian civil war (1918-21)1910s
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