A Mistake

Elizabeth Banks leads New Zealand filmmaker Christine Jeffs' adaptation of Carl Shuker's novel, centred on one mistake that snowballs into disaster for one respected surgeon and everyone around her. 

"Informed consent. Transparency. Evidence-based care. When sickness or injury strikes, we all want to understand the what, why, and how of our maladies and their proposed treatments. But how do physicians communicate nuance and probabilities when patients and their loved ones crave the certainty of simple answers?

"Adapted from Carl Shuker’s Ockham-shortlisted novel of the same name, Christine Jeffs’ A Mistake delves into the complexity of our healthcare system, through the personal lens of a surgical error – at once minor yet with far-reaching implications – in the workday of gifted surgeon Elizabeth Taylor (a finely-tuned performance from Elizabeth Banks). With a hard-won reputation in a male-dominated system, Elizabeth’s cool demeanour is challenged in the face of collegial mistrust, public misunderstanding, and management’s desire to scapegoat as a means of mitigating PR crises." (Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival)

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