Showing posts with label Rehabilitation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rehabilitation. Show all posts

Sunday, June 4, 2017

Charged (2017)

The Eduardo Garcia Story

Charged, a feature length documentary film, tells the story of Eduardo Garcia who was as shocked with 2400 volts of electricity in a freak incident deep in Montana’s backcountry. Near death, alone and miles from help, Eduardo got up and took his first step towards what would ultimately be years of recovery and rehabilitation.

When Eduardo arrived at Salt Lake City’s Burn Trauma ICU, doctors said he was a dead man with a heartbeat. During the course of his recovery, Eduardo spent 48 days in the ICU. He had nine severe exit wounds and underwent 21 surgeries, which included the removal of four ribs and cutting away destroyed muscle mass from his torso, legs, arms and scalp. Doctors tried to save Eduardo’s left hand, but, when it came down to life or limb, they had to amputate the chef's hand and forearm…


Monday, July 26, 2010

28 Days (2000)

Newspaper columnist Gwen Cummings (Sandra Bullock) never met a drink she couldn't quaff. But when her drunken buffoonery ruins her sister's wedding -- and does some major property damage -- a judge orders her to choose between rehab and jail. Gwen won't come clean about being an alcoholic, but a few days into her month-long dry-out, she meets a fellow resident (Viggo Mortensen) who'll change her outlook on life and love. Dominic West co-stars.


DJE:  While this movie is somewhat superficial, it is well-written and fairly convincing.  It's entertaining and worth seeing.

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Talk to Her (Habla con Ella)

This is extraordinary and powerful film deals with traumatic brain injury, coma, and the power of devotion in healers. It is complex, disturbing and ultimately beautiful.
"The male nurse tending a beautiful comatose woman bathes her nude body, talks endlessly to her of art (she was a dancer) finally makes love to her and impregnates her. Escandalo. The nurse is jailed but, giving birth, speech and movement are restored to his patient. And out of dark materials and an offhand surrealist style, Almodóvar fashions a wondrously ironic tale of redemption, which TIME accurately called a "profoundly witty and unique" experience.—R.S.

It is a "must see." 1 hr 56 minutes.