The Physician
England, 1021. Rob Cole, a boy born in a miserable mining town, swears to become a physician and vanquish disease and death. His harsh path of many years, a quest for knowledge besieged by countless challenges and sacrifices, leads him to the remote Isfahan, in Persia, where he meets Ibn Sina, the greatest healer of his time.
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- Cast：
- Tom Payne , Ben Kingsley , Stellan Skarsgård , Olivier Martinez , Emma Catherine Rigby , Elyas M'Barek , Fahri Yardım
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I love this movie so much
It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.
Don't Believe the Hype
The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.
The character of Rob Cole is not very Strong as it could have been. He has no flaws. Actors have done their part very well, but the script is not the best of all. The story is otherwise very insightful and the film, very entertaining.
The book is a beautiful, sweeping novel that looks at religion, medicine and humanity 1000 years ago. Unfortunately, the movie bears no resemblance to the book. The screenwriter took the general idea of the novel, the same character names (for the most part) and wrote a completely different story. This is hugely disappointing for a fan of the book. If I hadn't already read it, I may have enjoyed this movie. However, in my opinion, there is so much underlying background information about many characters and 'the way things worked' missing, that the movie feels shallow to me. One of the most gratifying themes to read was the delving into and comparing of religions and cultures. This only exists at a surface level in this film.
I did not read the book so after i saw the movie i read the summary of the book at Wiki. The story line is almost the same . If u value history and facts u have to bare the ignorance of novelist and the director ! Their ignorance may be intentional. Before the year 1938 there were a lot of intentional pieces about Jews in Nazi Germany. In the year 2013 when the movie was on screen there is Islamophobia around the world and this movie may intensify the ignorance of the ignorant people. I can understand the need of a fictional character from the view of novelist but at least he could stick with the historical facts if he was not meant to serve Islamophobia. I don't believe the novelist meant that but the German makers of the movie definitely thought about it ! Ps: Am not Muslim or believe in any other religion.
Unfortunately, the film is full of lies "Abu Ali Sina" or Avicenna was from Isfahan (Iran) The largest world medical (Physician) PERSION and Not Arab And in this film a teenager was teaches him medicine!! And many other liesIbn Sina (AviCenna)was one if not the greatest physician of his time ( considered the father of Modern Medicine)who was in fact a Muslim BUT Not Arabian..It seems that the film's director : 1 - Knows nothing of the principles of historical films or 2 - He made this film is the personal plan (animosity)
