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ERA
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Released 9 years ago.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Patients
2017 1h 50m FR
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7.4
SOLID
★7.4TMDB · 629
DramaComedy
Synopsis
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After a serious sport accident in a swimming pool, Ben, now an incomplete quadriplegic, arrives in a rehabilitation center. He meets with other handicapped persons (tetraplegics, paraplegics, traumatized crania), all victims of accidents, as well as a handicapped since his early childhood. They go through impotence, despair and resignation, with their daily struggle to learn how to move a finger or to hold a fork. Some of them slowly find a little mobility while others receive the verdict of the handicap for life. Despite everything, hope and friendship help them endure their difficulties.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Pablo Pauly
Benjamin
Soufiane Guerrab
Farid
Moussa Mansaly
Toussaint
Nailia Harzoune
Samia
Franck Falise
Steeve
Yannick Renier
François
Alban Ivanov
Jean-Marie
Jason Divengele
Lamine
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Mehdi Idir
- Writers
- Fadette Drouard, Grand Corps Malade
- Languages
- French
- Countries
- France
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Fun facts 🍿
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CRAFT
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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
MoodPlayr · trivia#02
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CAST
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Pablo Pauly and Soufiane Guerrab and Moussa Mansaly carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt5598100 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Mehdi Idir directs. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 9 years ago.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Pablo Pauly and Soufiane Guerrab and Moussa Mansaly carry the top of the cast.
- 4IMDB entry: tt5598100 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 5Classified under 9 themes, including "friendship", "swimming pool", "hospital", "based on memoir or autobiography".
The technical file
- Runtime
- 110 min · 1h 50m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- FR
- Certification (US)
- 12
- IMDB
- Patients (2017)
Also by
Mehdi Idir
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
Gaumont
FR
Mandarin Production
FR
- KA
Kallouche Cinéma
FR
- FI
Fimalac Entertainment
OCS
FR
Ciné+
FR
La Région Île-de-France
FR
CNC
FR
Key crew
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- friendship
- swimming pool
- hospital
- based on memoir or autobiography
- suicidal thoughts
- 1990s
- diving accident
- tetraplegic
- disabled person
Release history · US
When it landed
- Digital2017-12-1512
Also known as
International titles
- Step by StepGR
- 페이션츠KR
- Steg för stegSE
- Step by StepNL
