详情介绍
本片(剧)是一部加拿大制片作品的剧情片,于1990年上映。对白语言为英语,目前评分9.0(仅供参考)。
CanadiansurgeonDr.NormanBethune(DonaldSutherland)journeys1,500milesintoChinatoreachMaoZedong'seighthrouteArmyintheWuTaimountainswherehewillbuildhospitals,providecare,andtrainmedics.Flashbacksnarratetheearliereventsofhislife:aboutwithtuberculosisattheTrudeausanatorium;theself-administrationofanexperimentalpneumothorax;theinventionofoperativeinstruments;hisfascinationwithSocialism;ajourneyintomedicalRussia;andthefoundingofamobileplasma-transfusionunitinwar-tornSpain.BethunetwicemarriedandtwicedivorcedhiswifeFrances(DameHelenMirren),whochoosesabortionoverchild-rearinginherunstablemarriage.By1939,BethunehadbeendismissedfromhisMontrealHospitalfortakingunconventionalrisks,andfromhisvolunteerpositioninSpainforhischronicproblemsofdrinkingandwomanizing.Ashisfriendstates:"Chinawasallthatwasleft."Eventhere,BethuneconfidentlyignorestheadviceofChineseofficialsuntilheavycasualtiesmakehimrealizehismistakeandleadhimtoaspectacularapology.