Broken Vessels (1998)

Directed by

Scott Ziehl

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A rookie paramedic teams up with a bitter, drug-addicted partner. They respond to emergency calls while driving through Los Angeles.

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What happens

Broken Vessels is a 1999 medical drama film directed by Scott Ziehl and written by Ziehl along with David Baer and John McMahon. The film debuted at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival and marked Ziehl's directorial debut. It stars Todd Field, Jason London, Roxana Zal, Susan Traylor, and James Hong. The film follows a rookie paramedic and his hardened drug-addicted partner as they take calls and cruise L.A. in their ambulance. Although it shares the same name as the book, it has nothing to do with the Andre Dubus essay collection of the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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