Dr. Alemán

6.4
2008 1 hr 46 min Adventure , Drama , Thriller

Marc, an unexperienced medical doctor from Germany arrives at the Hospital Universitario del Valle in Cali, Colombia for his internship and soon finds himself in-between a raging gang war in Siloé, a Cali barrio. In the hospital he has to care mostly for shotgun wounds, while in the streets he falls in love with a stall-holder who cares for some of the children involved in drug trafficking and criminal violence. Alienating his colleagues and his host family while befriending the kids, he soon finds himself trapped in the center of the violent conflict between the gangs and has to come to a decision.

  • Cast:
    August Diehl , Marleyda Soto , Andrés Parra , Hernán Méndez

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Reviews

Dynamixor
2008/08/14

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

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CrawlerChunky
2008/08/15

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

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Janae Milner
2008/08/16

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

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Lidia Draper
2008/08/17

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

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