Retalhos da Vida de Um Médico (1962)

Directed by

Jorge Brum do Canto

Genre

drama film

Country

Portugal

Runtime

1h 33m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows the memories of a physician, telling several separate stories from his life. It shows the daily experiences and challenges of being a doctor in Portugal, aiming for a truthful and detailed portrayal.

episodicrealisticreflectivenostalgiccontemplativeearnestslow-pacedstory-driven

What happens

Retalhos da Vida de Um Médico is a 1962 Portuguese drama film directed by Jorge Brum do Canto. It was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival. The film is based on the book of the same name written by Fernando Namora. It contains several separate stories, each from the life of a physician and told as first-person narrative from the memory of the central character, drawing a realistic picture of the life of a physician with the use of many adjectives. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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