La Donation
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Cast & Crew
Bernard Emond
Jacques Godin
Elise Guilbault
Louise Cote
Bernard Emond
Sara Mishara
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Synopsis
A dedicated country doctor in the town Normetal, Dr. Rainville, looks for someone to take over his practice. Jeanne Dion, an doctor living in Montreal, replies to his advertisement. She spends a week accompanying him on his home visits, to hospices and hospitals, and observes his close relationships to his patients. In the evenings, he tells her the family histories of his patients. After he goes away, she gets to know the town and its people in whose hard lives the doctor has played a special role. Life has been tough for the townspeople as the local mine that was the town's lifeblood was shut down thirty years ago. Jeanne gradually becomes drawn to the region and finds in her patients a dignity, honesty and trust she never experienced in Montreal. Some months later, although she has become attached to her new patients, Jeanne still hesitates to accept the doctor's proposition as she doubts her ability to assume such a commitment to the community.
Director
Bernard Emond
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Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of two awards including the FICC/IFFS Don Quijote Prize and The Environment is the Quality of Life Prize at the 2009 Locarno International Film Festival.
Released in United States August 2009
Released in United States October 2009
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (International Competition) August 5-15, 2009.
Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 8-16, 2009.
Released in United States August 2009 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (International Competition) August 5-15, 2009.)
Released in United States October 2009 (Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 8-16, 2009.)
