Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Emmanuelle Bercot Director
- Sidse Babett Knudsen as Dr Irène Frachon, pulmonologist
- Benoît Magimel as Dr Antoine Le Bihan, professor
- Charlotte Laemmel as 'Patoche', nurse
- Isabelle De Hertogh as Corinne Zacharria, Irene's patient
- Lara Neumann as Anne Jouan, journalist
- Patrick Ligardes as Bruno Frachon, Irene's husband
- Philippe Uchan as Dr Aubert, spokesperson for Servier
- Gustave Kervern as Charles Kermarec, publisher of Irène
- Pablo Pauly Cast
- Olivier Pasquier Cast
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