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Dr. Tanya Dorff, oncologist at City of Hope, will participate in a Q&A after the February 3 screening of Guardians of the Formula at the Royal.
Guardians of the Formula
A film that proves, in elegant defiance of Chekov’s Gun, that sometimes the most dramatic story is of the bomb that doesn’t go off.
Part of Reel Talk With Stephen Farber film series
Guardians of the Formula
October 1958. The Cold War is at its peak. Fear of a nuclear war is growing every day. Working on a secret experiment at the state nuclear institute, Vinča in Yugoslavia, a group of young communist scientists led by Professor Dragoslav Popović get irradiated with a lethal dose of uranium. Under the veil of secrecy, in the middle of the night, on a special flight, they are sent to Paris to the Institut Curie clinic for experimental medical treatment headed by respected doctor Georges Mathé. Doctor Mathé, who is a fiery adversary to nuclear weapons, feels a genuine contempt for the endeavors of Professor Popović and his team. On the other hand, they doubt Mathé’s true intentions to cure them. As they are left with only days to live, the medical team still has no solution. So Doctor Mathé proposes to perform the first-ever human bone marrow transplant. Is it an experiment with human lives or does he truly want to help? Based on a true story.
Genre
Drama,
History,
Science
Language
French,
Serbian
Director
Dragan Bjelogrlic
Writer(s)
Dragan Bjelogrlic,
Goran Milasinovic,
Vuk Rsumovic
Cast
Alexis Manenti,
Radivoje Bukvic,
Lionel Abelanski
Awards:
Winner, Best of the Fest Audience Vote, Palm Springs International Film Festival
Winner, Variety Piazza Grande Award, Locarno International Film Festival
Winner, Green Leopard WWF (Pardo Verde WWF) ~
Pardo Verde WWF, Locarno International Film Festival
MOREOpening at
Royal on Feb 3rd
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