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Dr. Alemán
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Dr. Alemán

2008-08-14 · 106 min · ★ 5.4

Adventure · Drama · Thriller

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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Directors
Tom Schreiber
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2Pilots Filmproduction
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August DiehlAugust DiehlMarc
Marleyda SotoMarleyda SotoWanda
Andrés ParraAndrés ParraHector Luis
Hernán MéndezHernán MéndezDr. Méndez
David Steven BravoPavlito
Victor VillegasEl Juez

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