The Italian Doctor (This Work of Mine)
Director: Esben Hansen, Denmark/Afghanistan, 2006, 28mins
Venue: Curzon Soho
Double bill with Gravel and Stones
Italian doctor Alberto Cairo is a man with a mission: to help people crippled by landmines walk again. In his fifteen years as head of the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, Alberto has helped over 50,000 people regain their mobility, but he fights a continuing struggle to reintegrate them into Afghan society.
With a mixture of humour, patience, anger and cajoling, he tries to persuade an ageing woman and an eight-year-old boy that they have the strength to overcome their different disabilities and take their first tentative steps.
A deeply moving, multi award-winning short film.
TICKETS
£8.00/7.00 from the Curzon Cinemas Box Office: 0871 703 3991
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