Washing Our Hands

November. 11,2023      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

This film is part of the Semmelweis Project, launched by Direkt36, an investigative journalism center based in Hungary, to show the reality and the causes of hospital-acquired infections, which are a growing problem in the country.

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Reviews

SnoReptilePlenty
2023/11/11

Memorable, crazy movie

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Lollivan
2023/11/12

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

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Casey Duggan
2023/11/13

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

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Sarita Rafferty
2023/11/14

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

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