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MMB Film Group: ‘La Permanence’/ ‘On Call’ (Alice Diop, 2016)
Tuesday 19 March at 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Screening and discussion of Alice Diop’s documentary film ‘La Permanence’/ ‘On Call’ (2016). In French with English subtitles, 97 mins.
Migrants file in and out of a refugee medical centre in the suburbs of Paris. Their suffering has been intensified by their journeys to France, and by the precarity of their daily lives. Within a single room, a general practitioner, aided by a psychiatrist, tries to repair their bodies and minds.
Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeTo-CN4pCs
Following the screening, Trevor Thompson, Professor of Primary Care Education, and Connor Ryan, Lecturer in Film and Television will offer their responses to the film, followed by a discussion chaired by MMB Director Bridget Anderson.
Seats are limited in the cinema so please register on the Eventbrite page to ensure a place.
This screening is organised in association with Bristol Medical School.
