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The Physician
Adventure, Drama, History
England, 1021: Born in a miserable mining town, Robert Cole swears to become a physician and vanquish disease and death. His harsh path of many years, a quest for knowledge besieged by countless challenges and sacrifices, leads him to the remote Isfahan, in Persia, where he meets Ibn Sina, the greatest healer of his time.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy expansive historical journeys about education, cultural encounter, and the pursuit of knowledge against entrenched superstition.
- Tone
- adventurous, epic, contemplative
- Payoff
- wonder, inspiration
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- medical knowledge, perseverance, religious intolerance, teacher-student mentorship, cultural exchange
- Setting
- eleventh-century medieval world, English mining towns and Persian scholarly courts