If you loved The Country Doctor, try The Freshmen

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Thomas Lilti, and they both carry the bittersweet mood tag, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Country Doctor, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Freshmen is

Here's a film about the pressures of higher education, just in case you forgot. Two first-year med students, one a hopeful newbie and the other a repeat offender, navigate a cutthroat academic gauntlet. It's a French movie about the perils of trying hard, which means it's also about giving up.

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