Synopsis
A farmer, contracts tuberculosis but avoids seeking medical assistance. The grave consequences of his decision make this film an agonizing experience, and we have only its naive and unconvincing style as a defense against our emotions.
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Details
- Running time
- 20 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- 0231_Peter_Borik_02_00_34_00-0041
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · DAMN YOU PETER BORIK, YOU HEARTLESS BASTARD!! · Spuzz · 2016-02-15
Soap operaish tale of one Peter Borik, who has tuberclerosis and doesnt want to go to a Sanitorium as he believes that it's better to get better at home. He convinces his family that these Sanitoriums do not help. Soon after. His newlywed daughter who is pregnant with child comes down with the disease. Her husband pleads with her to get treatment, but her father's will is too strong. Wow. She and her unborn baby die. Soon after, her sister gets sick and she TOO refuses treatment. What will happemn? Will anyone step in? Fairly depressing and downbeat, it has no dialogue except for the…