Chronic(2015)

The last patient

5.8761h 33mReleaseden
Drama

Chronic follows David, a compassionate nurse who tends to terminally ill patients with genuine devotion. At work, he forms deep bonds with those in his care, bringing comfort to their final days. Away from the hospital, however, David's life unravels. The film explores the emotional toll of his profession—how proximity to death and suffering bleeds into his personal relationships, leaving him isolated and struggling. As David navigates the boundary between professional empathy and personal collapse, Chronic becomes a quiet, unflinching portrait of burnout and the cost of caring. Michel Haneke's meditative direction transforms what could be melodrama into something far more unsettling: a study of a man fragmenting under the weight of witnessing human fragility.

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