150 Milligrams

– In the hospital where she works in Brest, France, a lung specialist discovers a direct link between ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.60 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 8 Minutes
Release Year:
2016
Original Name:
La Fille de Brest
150 Milligrams (2016) - Also known as La Fille de Brest

In the hospital where she works in Brest, France, a lung specialist discovers a direct link between suspicious deaths and state-approved medicine. She fights single-handedly for the truth to come out.

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150 Milligrams (2016) - Trailer

Release Date:

23 Nov 2016

Language:

French

Director:

Emmanuelle Bercot

Writer:

Irène Frachon (book), Séverine Bosschem (screenplay), Emmanuelle Bercot (screenplay), Séverine Bosschem (adaptation), Emmanuelle Bercot (adaptation), Séverine Bosschem (dialogue), Emmanuelle Bercot (dialogue), Romain Compingt (collaboration)

Main Actors:

Sidse Babett Knudsen, Benoît Magimel, Charlotte Laemmel, Isabelle de Hertogh

Plot:

Irène Frachon, a doctor who lives in the Breton town of Brest, dares to stand up to the French health and pharmaceutical industry, helping to uncover the media scandal surrounding the commercialization of a controversial medicine whose side effects have caused the death of hundreds of people.

Awards:

3 nominations.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
60%