2016 · comedy · drama
The African Doctor
Directed by Julien Rambaldi1h 34m2016
1975. When Seyolo Zantoko, a doctor from the Congo who has managed, along with his family, to flee tyranny, is hired by the mayor of a small town in northern France, he begins a struggle to adapt to a new life and gain the trust of the prejudiced villagers.
Our read: The African Doctor (2016) reads as a warm, steady, grounded comedy · drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, steady, gentle comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- warm
- redemptive
- tender
- intimate
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