Movie #1875 ........................."The Cave" (documentary)

Movie #1875 "The Cave"  (Denmark) This documentary covers basically the same subject is the one above, but it moves more slowly, answers less questions, and looks more staged in comparison .  It is still very effective and very very sad --- unlike "For Sama" it doesn't have the little baby girl to enjoy at times, and it doesn't use flashback so the editing can maneuver a less helpless tone throughout much of the film --- this one is so sad and helpless it makes it almost unwatchable --- When the high point is the gassing of this hospital, where countless numbers of little children are shown dying....... almost too much.  The underground hospital armed by student doctors is very amazing, but the narrator tells too little and her face shows very little --- There are some good arguments men use to the women doctors:  "You should be home with your husband and kids"  and "Women are tools of war."  I would give it a 4.  But this is tough to watch in so many ways!








"THE CAVE"      1 hour 47 mins    pg-13     2019

Amidst air strikes and bombings, a group of female doctors in Ghouta, Syria struggle with systemic sexism while trying to care for the injured using limited resources.

Director:

 Feras Fayyad

Writers:

 Alisar Hasan, Feras Fayyad

Stars:

 Amani Ballour, Salim Namour