SALVADOR QUESTIONS THE BOUNDARIES OF MEDICAL ETHICS…

Salvador is a compelling story of a Doctor torn between saving her patient’s life by acquiring a black-market kidney, or losing him due to the lack of legal organs available to medical institutions. In a desperate act to save the young boy’s life, she helps facilitate an illegal organ donation from a third world country and is haunted by its implications. 

This film brings awareness of the stress and anguish surrounding those waiting for an organ transplant. Salvador also questions the boundaries of medical ethics and the harrowing  problem of  illegal organ trafficking.

* At the time Salvador was filmed there were  114,000 people in the U.S. waiting for an organ transplant to save their lives.

Directed by Manuel Paz Ochoa

Producers Debora Habsburg and Manuel Paz Ochoa

Co-Produced by Lumane Pictures and Pollination Pictures

Short Film – 12:16 Minutes

Drama 

Emotional – Reflective – Daunting

Salvador is a Los Angeles Film Awards winner and honorable mention for actress, Official Selection ARFF Paris 2018, and Official Selection Top Shorts 2018