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IMDB Rating : 7.2
FD Smart Rating : 7.9
Synopsis : A medical apprentice in 11th-century Persia disguises himself as a Jew to study at a school that does not admit Christians.
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English , Catalan , European Spanish , Spanish , Brazilian Portuguese , English [Original] , Polish , French
European Spanish , Spanish , Brazilian Portuguese , Polish , English , French , Romanian , Hungarian
Adventure, Drama, History
2013
2h35m
May include adult themes, adult activity, strong language, intense or persistent violence, sexually-orientated nudity, drug abuse or other elements
When nine-year-old Rob Cole felt the life force slipping from his mother's hand he could not foresee that this terrifying awareness of impending death was a gift that would lead him from the familiar life of 11th-century London to small villages throughout England and finally to the medical school at Ispahan. Though apprenticed to an itinerant barber surgeon, it is the dazzling surgery of a Jewish physician trained by the legendary Persian physician Avicenna that inspires him to accept his gift and to commit his life to healing by studying at Avicenna's school. Despite the ban on Christian students, Rob goes there, disguising himself as a Jew to gain admission. Gordon has written an adventurous and inspiring tale of a quest for medical knowledge pursued in a violent world full of superstition and prejudice.