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Carte Blanche
The hospital never sleeps. Its eternal existence assures us that there will always be someone to keep us alive. It represents the myth of eternal life, to which the trauma surgeon has the key—a carte blanche. As the only trauma surgeon at Ichilov Hospital, Dr. Dror Soffer is always on call. He has to defeat death at any cost. “In my court, I condemn everyone to life,” he states with a smile. The social violence that challenges the workforce cycle doesn’t allow him to sit still. He is obliged to use all his resources to revive his young patients back to life. Dr. Soffer offers his patients refuge and relief in order to show them a safe path back to society. Carte Blanche is a tragic portrait of a trauma surgeon, who does everything in his power to release his patients from the cycle of violence, in which he himself is trapped.
Festivals and Awards:
Israeli Film Festival, LA, USA, 2012; Planete + Doc Film Festival, Warsaw,Poland, 2012
Director: Alexandre Louis, Daniel Goetschman
Producer: Yael Biron
Cinematographer: Alexandre Louis, Daniel Goetschman
Editor: Yoni Tzruya
Soundtrack Editor: Ronen Nagel
Original Soundtrack: Daphna Keenan
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, AMC - Association migrations de culture, Yes Docu
Script: Alexandre Louis, Daniel Goetschman
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: מסביב לשעון - קארד בלאנש
Relevant Links:
The Israeli Annual Film Guide 2010-2011Category: Health / Israeli Society
Tag Words: hospital Ichilov Hospital medicine patients trauma surgeon Violence
The hospital never sleeps. Its eternal existence assures us that there will always be someone to keep us alive. It represents the myth of eternal life, to which the trauma surgeon has the key—a carte blanche. As the only trauma surgeon at Ichilov Hospital, Dr. Dror Soffer is always on call. He has to defeat death at any cost. “In my court, I condemn everyone to life,” he states with a smile. The social violence that challenges the workforce cycle doesn’t allow him to sit still. He is obliged to use all his resources to revive his young patients back to life. Dr. Soffer offers his patients refuge and relief in order to show them a safe path back to society. Carte Blanche is a tragic portrait of a trauma surgeon, who does everything in his power to release his patients from the cycle of violence, in which he himself is trapped.
Festivals and Awards:
Israeli Film Festival, LA, USA, 2012; Planete + Doc Film Festival, Warsaw,Poland, 2012
Relevant Links:
The Israeli Annual Film Guide 2010-2011Director: Alexandre Louis, Daniel Goetschman
Producer: Yael Biron
Cinematographer: Alexandre Louis, Daniel Goetschman
Editor: Yoni Tzruya
Soundtrack Editor: Ronen Nagel
Original Soundtrack: Daphna Keenan
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, AMC - Association migrations de culture, Yes Docu
Script: Alexandre Louis, Daniel Goetschman
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: מסביב לשעון - קארד בלאנש
Category: Health / Israeli Society
Tag Words: hospital Ichilov Hospital medicine patients trauma surgeon Violence