Oeil pour oeil (1957)
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Curd Jürgens, Folco Lulli, Lea Padovani, Paul Frankeur
After a woman dies following inadequate hospital care, her widower begins to follow the doctor who sent her there.
The story
One night in Tripoli, Dr. Walter is woken at his residence and asked to examine Mrs. Bortak, who is unwell. Without examining her, he sends her to the hospital. The next day, he learns she has died because the on-call intern failed to provide proper care. Afterward, her widower, Mr. Bortak, begins showing Walter strange attentions, seemingly following him everywhere and even paying for his personal drinks in nightclubs.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
One night in Lebanon, Dr. Walter is woken at his residence in Tripoli and asked to examine an ailing woman, Mrs. Bortak. Without examining her, he sends her to the hospital and learns the next day that she has died because the on-call intern failed to provide proper care. From then on, Walter becomes the object of strange attentions from the widower, Mr. Bortak, who seems to follow him everywhere, even paying for his personal drinks in nightclubs. Feeling indebted to Bortak for the concern he has shown him, Walter finds him just as he has decided to withdraw from the world and go live with a female relative in a remote part of the country. Walter offers to drive him there…
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