Schock (2023)
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Directors
Denis Moschitto, Daniel Rakete Siegel
Cast
Denis Moschitto, Fahri Yardım, Aenne Schwarz, Patrick Phul, Esra Phul, Daniel Wiemer, Anke Engelke
An unlicensed doctor taking under-the-table medical jobs is drawn into a criminal conflict after a treatment goes wrong.
The story
Bruno is an unlicensed doctor who survives by providing unauthorized medical services for cash, including treating a prostitute at the request of pimp Hermann. His circumstances change when lawyer Kreber hires him to perform an illegal cancer treatment on a fugitive criminal. Bruno initially hesitates but accepts, obtaining medication through his pharmacist acquaintance Thomas and starting the treatment. He soon realizes he has been misled: the medicine is not what it was represented to be. Seeking the correct medication, Bruno becomes entangled between rival criminals, while the situation around him grows increasingly dangerous.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Bruno, a doctor without a license to practice, scrapes by in the shadows of legality, providing medical services for money without authorization. For example, he is called in by the pimp Hermann to treat a prostitute. His life becomes complicated when the lawyer Kreber hires him to carry out an illegal cancer treatment on a fugitive criminal. Bruno hesitates at first, but accepts the job. He obtains the necessary medication unofficially from his acquaintance Thomas, a pharmacist, and begins the treatment. But he soon discovers that he has been deceived and that the medication is not what it claims to be. In a desperate attempt to get the right medication, Bruno finds himself caught between rival criminals. The situation escalates further when a prostitute named Naimeh dies and Bruno gets caught up in a gang war. When the lives of his sister Laura and his brother-in-law Giuli are put in danger, Bruno swears revenge.
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