ITALIAN DOCTOR, THE
Doctor Alberto Cairo, is a man with a mission: He wants to restore the dignity of every mine victim in Afghanistan.
Doctor Alberto Cairo, is a man with a mission: He wants to restore the dignity of every mine victim in Afghanistan. Living alone in Kabul Dr. Cairo has been head of the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre for the past 15 years. With an incredible drive he has helped more than 50.000 mine victims walk again and he has fought an impossible struggle to reintegrate them into the Afghan society. As he meets Mehdi, a new patient, all of his skills are strongly needed. Mehdi is an 8 year old boy, who has lost a leg and most of his family and is now left alone with his absentminded grandfather.
- Original title:
- This Work of Mine
- Release year:
- 2007
- Director:
- Esben Hansen
- Running length:
- 23 / 28
- Production company:
- Filmvaerkstedet
- Prizes:
- Winner of Basel Karlsruhe FORUM on educational and societal TV and Media 2007 - The SRG SSR-idée Suisse Prize
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