''150 Milligrams'' (french: La Fille de Brest, ''lit.'' The Girl of
Brest) is a 2016 French
drama film
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directed by
Emmanuelle Bercot
Emmanuelle Bercot (born 6 November 1967) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter. Her film '' Clément'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Her 2013 film '' On My Way'' premiered in competi ...
.
It was screened in the Special Presentations section at the
2016 Toronto International Film Festival
The 41st annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 8 to 18 September 2016. The first announcement of films to be screened at the festival took place on 26 July. Almost 400 films were shown.
Awards
The festival's final awards were ...
.
The film is based on the true story of French pulmonologist , who became noted for her investigations of the serious side effects and deaths attributed to the diabetes drug
Mediator
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, produced by French manufacturer
Laboratoires Servier
Servier Laboratories (French: Laboratoires Servier, often abbreviated to Servier) is an international pharmaceutical company governed by a non-profit foundation, with its headquarters in France (Suresnes).
The consolidated turnover for the 201 ...
.
Cast
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Sidse Babett Knudsen
Sidse Babett Knudsen (; born 22 November 1968) is a Danish actress who works in theatre, television, and film. Knudsen made her screen debut in the 1997 improvisational comedy '' Let's Get Lost'', for which she received both the Robert and Bodi ...
as
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Benoît Magimel
Benoît Magimel (; born 11 May 1974) is a French actor. He was 14 when he appeared in his first film, and has starred in a variety of roles in French cinema. At age 16, Magimel left school to pursue acting as a career. In 2001, he won the Best ...
as Antoine Le Bihan
* Charlotte Laemmel as Patoche
* Lara Neumann as Anne Jouan
* as Aubert
* as Bruno Frachon
* Olivier Pasquier as Arsène Weber
*
Isabelle de Hertogh
Isabelle de Hertogh (born 1972) is a Belgian actress.
Debut
She was a student at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels
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as Corinne Zacharria
*
Gustave Kervern as Kermarec
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Pablo Pauly
Pablo Pauly (born 24 January 1991) is a French actor.
Theater
Filmography
References
External links
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1991 births
Living people
French male film actors
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as Charles-Joseph Oudin
* Myriam Azencot as Catherine Haynes
* Eddie Chignara as Christophe Laugier
* Raphaël Ferret as Fred
* Christophe Meynet as David
* as Yannick Jobic
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Élise Lucet
Élise Lucet (; born 30 May 1963) is a French journalist and television host. Known for her investigative journalism work on shows such as '' Pièces à Conviction'', ''Cash Investigation'' and ''Envoyé spécial'', she has been dubbed France's ...
as herself
Reception
''
The Hollywood Reporter
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s Leslie Felperin cited the "outsize but empathic central performance" by star
Sidse Babett Knudsen
Sidse Babett Knudsen (; born 22 November 1968) is a Danish actress who works in theatre, television, and film. Knudsen made her screen debut in the 1997 improvisational comedy '' Let's Get Lost'', for which she received both the Robert and Bodi ...
in the role of Frachon and the director's ability to handle the film's "intellectually rigorous storytelling" and many characters.
Accolades
See also
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List of films featuring diabetes
There is a body of films that include a character with diabetes as part of the plot. In the late twentieth century, most films' references to diabetes were minor. Characters with diabetes were developed in plots in which the disease "played a more ...
References
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2016 films
2016 drama films
2010s French-language films
Biographical films about physicians
Drama films based on actual events
French drama films
Films about medical malpractice
Films based on non-fiction books
Medical-themed films
Films directed by Emmanuelle Bercot
2010s French films
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