The Ottoman Lieutenant (2017)

Josh Hartnett: Jude

Quotes 

• Jude : Eastern Anatolia is a rugged country. Its people are poor but hard-working. For them, modern medicine is a revolutionary concept. That is why the work of the American Mission Hospital in Van is so vitally important. For many peoplue in the region, our hospital offers the only medical care available. People come from hundreds of miles around. And the only reason we are able to provide for them is because of generous donations from open-hearted Christians like yourselves. There are impedements, of course. Eastern Anatolia can be a place of unspeakable violence and transgression. But it is also a place of fierce spirit. And the people who have survived there... When I first came to Van as a newly graduated doctor, my plan was to stay a year, do my service, and then come back to te States and open a properous practice. Well, that was eight years ago. I didn't intend for it to happen, but once I got to know these people and live among them, I knew I would never leave.

• Jude : I've been visiting hospitals in various cities, catching up on the latest advancements in modern medicine.

  Lillie : It's true. Medical science has been making some amazing advances. If only we could advance the thinking of the doctors.

  Mr. Rowe : Lillie...

  Jude : How do you mean, miss?

  Lillie : Yesterday, a man was turned away from the hospital where I work because his skin was the wrong colour.

  Mrs. Rowe : Dr. Gresham, I have to aologise for our daughter.

  Jude : I assure you, Miss Rowe, no one has ever been turned away from our hospital due to colour of their skin or their religious beliefs. That would be against everything we believe in.

  Lillie : Dr. Gresham, I'd like to show you something.