A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor

Synopsis

In 1966 john berger spent three months in the forest of dean shadowing an english country gp, john sassall. Sassall is a fortunate man - his work occupies and fulfils him, he lives amongst the patients he treats, the line between his life and his work is happily blurred. In a fortunate man, berger's text and the photography of jean mohr reveal with extraordinary intensity the life of a remarkable man. It is a portrait of one selfless individual and the rural community for which he became the hub. Drawing on psychology, biography and medicine a fortunate man is a portrait of sacrifice.