My indian doctor
A true, personal, and unique story of healing. The film takes us to South India to follow a surprising duo: Professor Thomas Tursz, a renowned French oncologist driven by the desire to challenge his knowledge, is led there by Nella Banfi, his former patient who cured her cancer with Indian medicine.
Type (Documentaire / Documentaire fiction / Série documentaire)DocumentaryGenre en anglaisSociety & Economy Written byMarinella Banfi, Simon Brook Directed by Simon Brook In association with Angoa-Agicoa, CNC, Procirep, Région Île-de-FranceBroadcasted by ARTE FranceDistributed by Artline FilmsFestival(s)2013 • TIDF - Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival • Thessalonique (Grèce) • SélectionYear2012Duration84min
This personal story, which evokes emotion and identification, is about a woman who endured the challenging journey of modern medicine—surgery, treatments, and doubt. Ultimately, she chose a different yet complementary path to the one offered by Western medicine and overcame her illness.
It is an astonishing and unexpected journey: that of a renowned doctor at the height of his knowledge, who sets out to explore a medicine that appears radically different from his own.
Not a teacher or a prescriber, this film also tells the story of a cultural fusion, of positive globalization, where different approaches meet to enrich each other. The film explores the bridges between traditional medicine, science, and modern medicine, all working to reposition the patient at the heart of the healing process to treat the person rather than just the disease.
Made with a tone that is both profound and light, this film creates a dialogue between our Western allopathic medicine and the 5000-year-old Indian Ayurvedic traditional medicine. It offers a novel perspective on illness and healing, two of the most universal subjects.
Press coverage
A journey narrated in a tone that is both light and profound. An astonishing documentary.
le Nouvel Obs
A dialogue between two enriching and promising approaches to medicine.
La Croix