Michael Moore officially closed SFF
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American filmmaker, Oscar and Cannes Festival winner, Michael Moore officially closed yesterday the 13th Sarajevo Film Festival with his latest film "Sicko'', which deals with health care problems in the United States.
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Upon his arrival Moore met with the members of the press in the Meeting Point Cinema where a public interview was held. |
| Later the same day, Moore presented his latest documentary "Sicko" in the Heineken Open Air Cinema. |
"Sicko" is a 2007 documentary film by Michael Moore that investigates the American health care system, focusing on its for-profit health insurance and pharmaceutical industry. The film compares the non-universal and for-profit US system with the universal and non-profit systems of Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Cuba. "Sicko" cites the United States as the only industrialized nation that does not provide universal health care to its citizens, highlights cases in which insured individuals were denied care, and condemns for-profit health care for maximizing profit at the expense of patient care. |
"Sicko" opened to positive reviews, but also generated controversy. A month earlier, the US Treasury Department began an investigation into Moore 's trip to Cuba. |
"Sicko" debuted in the U.S. on June 22, 2007, earning $4.6 million in 441 theatres and achieving the second highest opening weekend for a documentary, after ( Moore 's) Fahrenheit 9/11. |
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