September 20 — “English Patient” as part of illness narrative film series
Not just a top “chick flick,” the film version of Michael Ondaatje’s novel “The English Patient” provides many useful lessons about what the relation between story-telling and medicine should — and shouldn’t — be. Watch and discuss it with doctors, med students, filmmakers, and others.
When: Saturday, September 20th, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Where: IUPUI University Library Lilly Auditorium
Illness Narrative Film Series - Fall 2008
Film screenings are free and open to the public!
Offered in conjunction with English L431/L680 and Medical Humanities M592.
For further information, contact Professor Jane Schultz (jschult@iupui.edu)
Film: The English Patient (1996, directed by Anthony Minghella)
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Juliet Binoche, Kristin Scott Thomas, Colin Firth, and Willem Dafoe
