Jean-Pierre (François Cluzet), a doctor in rural France, is forced to concede that he needs help after he is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour. However, despite his resistance to the idea of relinquishing control, he finds himself warming to the new doctor, Nathalie (Marianne Denicourt). The chemistry between Cluzet and Denicourt is the element that elevates this workmanlike and slightly episodic portrait of the day-to-day grind of life in a country medical practice. There are a couple of moments that feel a little overwritten – Jean-Pierre launches into a Herzogian rant about the barbarity of nature over his morning coffee – but mostly, this is a persuasively low-key drama featuring substantial, complex central characters.
