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'Critical Care'
In an intensive care unit, the fate of a comatose old man hangs in the political balance. His two daughters, who are jointly in charge of deciding whether he lives or dies, have diametrically opposed positions. Felicia, an eccentric model, wants to switch off the life support system. Her sister, Connie, a Bible-pounder who claims to communicate with her unconscious father, wants to keep him alive.
As far as resident-doctor Werner Ernst is concerned, the only vital signs worth examing are Felicia’s curves. But little does he know that Felicia has an entrapment scheme in mind. Though bound by ethics not to express an opinion that could be used in a court of law, Werner gets passionate that night and talkative. He learns later, thanks to a videotape, that Felicia has his career in her hands. All he has to do, she says, is testify in favor of pulling the plug. -- Desson Howe
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