City of Shadows (2010)

Original title

La Cité

Directed by

Kim Nguyen

Genre

drama film, historical film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 22m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A war doctor in North Africa stumbles into a city hit by an outbreak of bubonic plague. He works to contain the disease as the community breaks down around him.

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What happens

City of Shadows (French: La Cité) is a 2010 Canadian drama film, written and directed by Kim Nguyen. Partially inspired by but not a direct adaptation of Albert Camus's novel The Plague, the film stars Jean-Marc Barr as Maxime Vincent, a war doctor serving in North Africa who comes across a city dealing with an outbreak of bubonic plague. The cast also includes Claude Legault, Pierre Lebeau, Sabine Karsenti, Lotfi Abdelli and Lotfi Dziri. The film was shot in Tunisia in 2008, but commercial release was delayed until 2010 by financial problems at original distributor Christal Films. It received five Jutra Award nominations at the 13th Jutra Awards, for Best Director (Nguyen), Best Cinematography (Nicolas Bolduc), Best Art Direction (Patrice Vermette), Best Costume Design (Mariane Carter) and Best Original Music (Philippe Héritier). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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