Sequence
Good Doctor opens in a field in 19th century rural France, where a doctor confirms that one of the field hands is dying of cholera. The other workers flee, leaving the doctor to burn the remains. Later, he is called from his hospital to help another woman, who had collapsed in the town square. The gathered crowd backs away from him as he approaches, and refuses to help him carry the victim away. When he later enters the local public house, an elderly resident threatens him with a shotgun, declaring him "contaminated" and asking him to leave. The town's priest enters and admonishes the patrons, calling the bartender to give the doctor a Stella Artois, which sets the crowd murmuring. The priest shakes the doctor's hand and embraces him, proclaiming him uncontaminated. Nonetheless, the publican warily approaches and places the ordered drink on the floor in front of the doctor. As the doctor begins to drink, the opening strains of the theme from Jean de Florette play in the background. The crowd stares as the priest takes a swig from the same glass, and then passes it to the gun-toting man. As the patrons begin jostling for a sip of the Stella Artois, the doctor coughs. The piece ends with the tableau of the patrons freezing in horror.
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