The film chronicles the past five years in the life of celebrated neurosurgeon and author Henry Marsh. He leaves his job with the NHS but retirement is anathema to him. He travels to Ukraine and Nepal to help train a new generation of neurosurgeons, then loses his great friend Professor Devkota to cancer in Kathmandu, survives Covid and his own cancer and throughout these turbulent years he offers his wisdom and knowledge about the outcomes of surgery , healthcare around the world and his thoughts on mortality.
John-Paul Davidson
Director
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Public Speaking70%
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My Mom Jayne80%
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The Class of ‘9271%
Hawking76%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
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The Cheshire Murders65%
Sherman's March67%
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In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Harmontown66%
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The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button69%
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library64%