Plot Summary:While caring for his sick daughter, a doctor is called away to the sickbed of a neighbor. He finds the neighbor gravely ill, and ignores his wife's pleas to come home and care for his own daughter, who has taken a turn for the worse.
人性的两难（duty at work vs duty for families）开头establishing shot做了一个panning，和睦的典型三人heterosexual幸福家庭，这样的happy start最后被tear apart绝对是对情感的一种冲击。遇到conflict的时候cross cutting令人焦急，an emotionally rich film；foreground：床和小孩；middle ground：医生。sophisticated staging
玛丽·碧克馥主演，开场和结尾的长镜头相呼应。While caring for his sick daughter, a doctor is called away to the sickbed of a neighbor. He finds the neighbor gravely ill, and ignores his wife's pleas to come home and care for his own daughter, who has taken a turn for the worse.
