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Emergency

1988 · 34 min

A calm, immersive look at urgent medical care, with the scale of the northern journey giving way to the quiet intensity of the operating room.

Directed by
Colin Low, Tony Ianzelo
Genres
Documentary
Overview
Filmed in IMAX, Emergency takes you from the far north to two Montréal-area operating rooms, following a patient in urgent need of heart surgery.

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Directed by
Colin Low, Tony Ianzelo
Genres
Documentary
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    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
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    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • survival
    • technology
    • work
    Places
    • hospital
    • countryside
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
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    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour0
    Realism10
    Romance0
    Tension5
    Darkness3
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Colin Low, Tony Ianzelo
    Written by
    Colin Low
    Cinematography
    Ernest McNabb, Jean-Pierre Lachapelle
    Runtime
    34 min
    Country
    Canada
    Languages
    English, French

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