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.
August Diehl
Marc
Marleyda Soto
Wanda
Andrés Parra
Hector Luis
Hernán Méndez
David Steven Bravo
Pavlito
Victor Villegas
El Juez
Dr. Alemán is a adventure, drama, thriller film released in 2008 exploring themes of naivety, slum, nurse, yuppie, medicine, frankfurt am main, germany. Directed by Tom Schreiber, it stars August Diehl, Marleyda Soto, Andrés Parra. 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.
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