

Reflective drama of pioneering nurse, writer and noted statistician Florence Nightingale
Acting
Laura Fraser's steely warmth carries every scene.
Production
Crimean War hospital sets are grimly authentic.
Writing
Refuses to sanitize her difficult, driven personality.
Director
Norman Stone
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Laura Fraser later played a nurse in Breaking Bad — full circle from pioneering the profession to fictional meth-land healthcare.
Nightingale was the first female member of the Royal Statistical Society; the film barely scratches her polar area diagram innovations that revolutionized data visualization.
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