In 'The Patient,' Patience Doesn't Really Pay Off
'The Patient' is bound by four walls and a mediocre ending that leaves you wanting more.
Hayat Çizgisi: Suriye
Doğan is a young and successful surgeon living in Istanbul. He works at a hospital owned by his father Faruk, who is also a doctor. Having received a Western education, Doğan is unfamiliar with his own country and believes that his life is limited to Istanbul. Problems with his father and fiancée lead him into a dead end. During this time, he receives an offer from the Ministry of the Interior and agrees to go to a field hospital in Gaziantep to perform surgery on an important patient for the government. In Gaziantep, he meets Ayşe, a translator at the same hospital who fled the war in Syria. Doğan's decision to go to Gaziantep will change his entire life.
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Doğan is a young and successful surgeon living in Istanbul. He works at a hospital owned by his father Faruk, who is also a doctor. Having received a Western education, Doğan is unfamiliar with his own country and believes that his life is limited to Istanbul. Problems with his father and fiancée lead him into a dead end. During this time, he receives an offer from the Ministry of the Interior and agrees to go to a field hospital in Gaziantep to perform surgery on an important patient for the government. In Gaziantep, he meets Ayşe, a translator at the same hospital who fled the war in Syria. Doğan's decision to go to Gaziantep will change his entire life.
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