Urgent (2018)

Original title

Une urgence ordinaire

Directed by

Mohcine Besri

Genre

drama film

Country

Morocco, Switzerland

Runtime

1h 26m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film shows the harsh reality inside a Moroccan public hospital. Patients and families struggle with bribery, neglect, and overcrowding as they try to get medical care.

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What happens

Urgent (Arabic: طفح الكيل) is a 2018 Moroccan drama film written and directed by Mohcine Besri. The film stars Rachid Mustafa, Fatima Zahra Bennacer, Said Bey, Youssef Al-Alaoui, Ghalia Bin Zawia and Younes Bouab. Rachid Mustapha. It was produced by Elisa Garbar, Lamia Chraibi and Michel Merkt. The film conveys the dark side of the Moroccan public hospital situation, represented by the prevalence of bribery, neglect, overcrowding and fragility, and the trafficking of human souls groaning from the severity of pain. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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