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'Who Killed Bambi?' Caduceus wild DESPITE THE TITLE , there's no Sex Pistols connection here this unsettling debut film from French director Gilles Marchand, co-scripter of With a Friend Like Harry, owes more to David Lynch than to The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle. After a dizzy spell knocks her off her feet, student nurse Isabelle (Sophie Quinton, appropriately doe-eyed) is dubbed "Bambi" by Dr. Philipp (Harry's Laurent Lucas, très creepy), a handsome surgeon who has a puzzling habit of prowling the hospital corridors late at night. Though her cousin, fellow nurse Véronique (Catherine Jacob), won't hear of it, Isabelle realizes Dr. Philipp is doling out bad medicine to his patients after hours. Adding to Isabelle's peril: an inner-ear disorder that keeps her wobbly and fragile, and eventually and most disturbingly in need of an operation that'll put her under Dr. Philipp's knife. Slow-building dread, terrifying medical mishaps (patients waking up during surgery yikes!), gross violations of the Hippocratic oath, and surgically precise art direction more than make up for Who Killed Bambi 's anticlimactic finish. See Rep Clock for show times. (Cheryl Eddy) |
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