白求恩：一个英雄的成长

简介：CanadiansurgeonDr.NormanBethune(DonaldSutherland)journeys1,500milesintoChinatoreachMaoZedong'seighthrouteArmyintheWuTaimountainswherehewillbuildhospitals,videcare,andtrainmedics.Flashbacksnarratetheearliereventsofhislife:aboutwithtuberculosisattheTrudeausanatorium;theself-administrationofanexperimentalpneumothorax;theinventionofoperativeinstruments;hisfascinationwithSocialism;ajourneyintomedicalRussia;andthefoundingofaleplasma-transfusionunitinwar-tornSpain.BethunetwicemarriedandtwicedivorcedhiswifeFrances(DameHelenMirren),whochoosesabortionoverchild-rearinginherunstablemarriage.By1939,BethunehadbeendismissedfromhisMontrealHospitalfortakingunnventionalrisks,andfromhisvolunteerpositioninSpainforhischronicblemsofdrinkingandwomanizing.Ashisfriendstates:"Chinawasallthatwasleft."Eventhere,BethunenfidentlyignorestheadviceofChineseofficialsuntilheavycasualtiesmakehimrealizehismistakeandleadhimtoaspectacularapology.