Les Films NADIAZ Inc. is proud to present The Hippocratic Oath, a film written, produced and directed by Nadia Zouaoui, which follows the fight of four doctors from immigrant backgrounds who try to find their place in the Quebec health system. The documentary will be broadcast as part of Doc Humanité on Thursday January 8, 2026 at 9 p.m. on ICI TÉLÉ and on ICI TOU.TV.
Through the crossed destinies of Dr AbdelKarim Laribi, Dr Daniela Pujol, Dr Gilles Carruel and Dr Fernanda Pérez Gay Juárez, who share an unconditional love of medicine, The Hippocratic Oath bears witness to the adventures and obstacles they encounter during their attempts to access the health system of their host country.
Dr. AbdelKarim Laribi became a high school teacher after more than five years of passing exams for the College of Physicians of Quebec and trying to obtain a residency training in a medical school. Dr. Daniela Pujol, an anesthesiologist from Argentina with 15 years of experience, has resigned herself to working with Doctors Without Borders Canada in dangerous areas and to living far from her Quebec husband. Dr Gilles Carruel, a French doctor with 30 years of experience, discouraged by the waiting time for internships and other administrative obstacles, has resigned himself to working in Martinique while keeping a foothold in Quebec, which he loves so much. And Dr. Fernanda Pérez Gay Juárez, a doctor of Mexican origin, PHD in neuroscience from McGill University, managed to obtain a residency in psychiatry and decided to help immigration doctors overcome the obstacles of the system.
This film puts faces on the life and journey of these shadowy practitioners who – one day, in their distant countries – had nevertheless taken the august Hippocratic oath.
About the filmmaker Nadia ZouaouiJournalist, director and producer, Nadia Zouaoui has worked for several media such as Radio-Canada and CBC, and has made documentaries for the NFB, SRC, TV5 and Al Jazeera Documentary Channel. Her first film, Le Voyage de Nadia, about the impact of patriarchy on the women of her village in Algeria, won several awards including a Gémeau. His documentary, The Islam of My Childhood, distinguishes between Islam and fundamentalism. In Fear, Anger & Politics, she recounts the political Islamophobia that developed after September 11 in the United States. His latest film, The Promise of Imane pays tribute to the fight against violence of a young feminist blogger found dead in her apartment in Algiers. Through her films, Nadia dives into adversity to try, on her own scale, to initiate critical thinking and create debates on sensitive subjects, with the aim of building bridges between people for a better life together.
THE HIPPOCRATIC OATHQuebec. 2025. 52 minutes (TV version).Director and screenwriter: NADIA ZOUAOUIDirector of photography: LAURENCE TURCOTTE-FRASEREditing: KARIM HAROUNOriginal music: GERVAISDelegated production: GENTILLE MENGUIZANI ASSIHProduction: NADIA ZOUAOUI (LES FILMS NADIAZ INC)
THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH was produced by Les Films NADIAZ inc. with the financial participation of the Canada Media Fund, the Cinema and Television Tax Credit (Gestion SODEC), the Tax Credit for Canadian Film or Video Production, in collaboration with Radio-Canada.
About Founded in 2014, NADIAZ INC. is a production company that has given itself the mission of creating engaging works to initiate critical reflection and constructive debates on sensitive subjects. Its founder, director and journalist, Nadia Zouaoui, understood that in a complex and polarized world, the only way to build bridges between people is to tell touching and universal human stories. NADIAZ has produced more than ten documentary films broadcast on Radio-Canada (RDI), TV5-Unis and Al Jazeera Documentary Channel.