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  • RUNTIME: 1h 47m
  • COUNTRIES: China
  • Subtitles: 普通话

This documentary film recounts Dr. Sun Lizhe's remarkable experience as a barefoot doctor in rural China and offers a glimpse of China's healthcare condition during and shortly after the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). Described as "Chinese Dr. Zhivago" in the film, Sun's distinguished life began from his decision to become a "barefoot doctor" when he was an 18-year-old educated youth from Beijing sent down to the countryside. He had since saved numerous lives by performing difficult surgery when emergency situations arose. For example, he once manually removed a placenta from a peasant women's uterus during her placental dystocia. In villages where medical resources were extremely limited, Sun devoted himself to the healthcare of peasants, performing more than 3000 operations in the cave dwellings of Shaanxi province. In 1974 he was selected by Chairman Mao as one of China's five model "educated youths." Read More

Watch The Barefoot Doctor online. Featuring Sun Lizhe, The Barefoot Doctor is classified as Documentary genre movie with an average rating across the web of 0. It is available for streaming online in the USA The movie was filmed in China and was released on 2016. The Barefoot Doctor was directed by Xu Tong. Read Less