The Night Doctor (2021), a Cannes Hidden Gem
The Night Doctor achieves telling an original story in which the pace accelerates progressively while supported by dark aesthetics.

Oruj Zeynalov is a psychiatrist. He has a secure life, a son studying in Moscow, his wife Pakiza who loves him more than life, his mistress, nurse Ophelia, friends, and a charming garden. His life passes peacefully against the background of what we have listed, but until a certain time, or rather until the appearance of Balami, who wants to name the garden after himself...
The Night Doctor achieves telling an original story in which the pace accelerates progressively while supported by dark aesthetics.
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