Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders
2008 · 93 MIN · IMDB 7.9 · 1,075 VOTES · DIR. Mark N. Hopkins
Overview
In the war-zones of Liberia and Congo, four volunteers with Doctors Without Borders struggle to provide emergency medical care under extreme conditions. With different levels of experience, each volunteer must find their own way to face the challenges, the tough choices, and the limits of their idealism. "Living in Emergency" is a window into the seldom portrayed and less-than glamorous side of humanitarian aid work. It explores a world that is challenging, complex, and fraught with dilemmas - the struggles, both internal and external, that aid workers face when working in war zones and other difficult contexts.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,017 lines
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00:00:03 Millions of people have been, have been affected.
00:02:37 in an environment like this.
00:06:36 Okay, can I see his x-ray?
00:09:54 Does he know this?
00:12:37 and the situation is just going worse and worse and worse.
00:16:39 We don't have a lot of cold pack.
00:19:16 Nobody's that sick... that they're going to die today.
00:23:10 I'm an anesthetist and... and my career at MSF
00:28:38 It's not by negligence, it's by the forces of the context, this violence.
00:36:08 It's not a rich area.
00:38:50 I'm a Liberian.
00:42:27 If you're paralyzed by indecision, you can't do this job.
00:45:07 Ten days ago?
00:47:40 We've had discussions about stuff like this before.
00:50:12 The anger is a part of the process.
00:58:41 MSF makes sort of decisions about what the priorities are
01:01:31 I think I would start Prednisone.
01:03:53 The belly went down.
01:05:48 I probably wouldn't have said it that way...
01:08:49 all the malnourished people in the therapeutic feeding center...
01:13:40 to be able to take over and... for example...
01:17:24 Or I can't fix anyway.
01:21:13 And maybe its just phases in life.
01:26:47 I think I wanted to prove to myself that the conflicts are real
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,017
Dialogue density10.9 lines / min
First line00:00:03
Final line01:26:47
Production Record
DirectorMark N. Hopkins
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2
IMDb votes1,075