Chronic
Tim Roth gives a career-high performance in this meticulous, disturbing film.
Chronic
David is an in-home nurse who works with terminally ill patients. Efficient and dedicated to his profession, David develops strong, even intimate, relationships with each person he cares for. But outside of his work, David is ineffectual, awkward, and reserved – effects of his chronic depression – and he needs each patient as much as they need him. Having long carried a burden of guilt and remorse, David must face his past in order to heal.
Genre
Drama
Runtime
92
Language
English
Director
Michel Franco
Cast
Sarah Sutherland,
Elizabeth Tulloch
Awards:
Winner, Best Screenplay, Cannes Film Festival
Nominee, Palme d’Or, Cannes Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
David Ehrlich, indieWIRE
Mexican filmmaker Michel Franco is obsessed — seemingly at the expense of all other subjects — with how people reconfigure their worldview in the wake of unimaginable tragedies. Michael Haneke is an obvious touchstone, but Franco is more interested in the healing process than he is whatever grim ...
Played at
Lumiere Music Hall 9.30.16 - 10.06.16
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