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The Surgeon is a medical-action thriller starring Michelle Yeoh as a surgeon abducted and forced to operate under threat. The film, directed by Roshan Sethi, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and has been acquired for distribution in North America and several overseas territories.
Sony Pictures has acquired distribution rights for the Michelle Yeoh‑led thriller ‘The Surgeon’, a genre‑blending medical action picture that generated buzz at TIFF and features a director who doubles as a practicing oncologist.
Michelle Yeoh's first lead role since her Everything Everywhere Oscar win premiered at TIFF as The Surgeon, a bloody thriller about a doctor forced to operate on a crime boss at gunpoint.
Director Roshan Sethi, who still practices as a radiation oncologist part of the year, has made a genre-mashing thriller with Michelle Yeoh that critics are already tipping for a sequel.