CanadiansurgeonDr.NormanBethune(DonaldSutherland)journeys1,500milesintoChinatoreachMaoZedong'seighthrouteArmyintheWuTaimountainswherehewillbuildhospitals,providecare,andtrainmedics.Flashbacksnarratetheearliereventsofhislife:aboutwithtuberculosisattheTrudeausanatoriumtheself-administrationofanexperimentalpneumothoraxtheinventionofoperativeinstrumentshisfascinationwithSocialismajourneyintomedicalRussiaandthefoundingofamobileplasma-transfusionunitinwar-tornSpain.BethunetwicemarriedandtwicedivorcedhiswifeFrances(DameHelenMirren),whochoosesabortionoverchild-rearinginherunstablemarriage.By1939,BethunehadbeendismissedfromhisMontrealHospitalfortakingunconventionalrisks,andfromhisvolunteerpositioninSpainforhischronicproblemsofdrinkingandwomanizing.Ashisfriendstates:"Chinawasallthatwasleft."Eventhere,BethuneconfidentlyignorestheadviceofChineseofficialsuntilheavycasualtiesmakehimrealizehismistakeandleadhimtoaspectacularapology.

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