Patients (2017)
Directed by Mehdi Idir, Grand Corps Malade

Film Synopsis

Ben's dreams of becoming a professional basketball player are shattered when he suffers a severe brain injury that leaves him paralysed.  Not only can he no longer participate in his favourite sport, even the simplest of tasks are now beyond him without the help of a carer.  To regain his independence he is admitted to a rehabilitation centre where he strikes up a friendship with other people in his predicament - Farid, Steeve, Toussaint, Eddy and Lamine.  With the encouragement of his new buddies and the support of an attentive doctor, François, Ben finds the inner resolve to overcome his disability and begin walking again.  As he does so, he meets a woman named Samia and discovers love where he had least expected to find it...