On the Edge

Synopsis

Beaujon Hospital, Clichy. Jamal Abdel Kader is the only psychiatrist in this 400-bed facility. Dedicated to his patients, he does his utmost to soothe their pain, to listen to their words, to protect them from their own demons.
However, the public health service is going badly. There isn’t enough time, the caregivers are cracking up. Yet Jamal and his colleagues keep striving to fulfill their mission: to heal souls and bodies.

Director Biography

Nicolas Peduzzi is a French actor and director born in 1985 in Paris. After several appearances in films as an actor, namely Les Fausses Confidences by Luc Bondy, Nicolas Peduzzi directed a feature documentary, Southern Belle, released in France in 2018, and then Ghost Song, released in France in 2022. On the Edge is his third feature documentary.