Everybody makes mistakes: Christine Jeffs’ powerful first feature in 16 years

We all make mistakes, but can we accept our errors and take action before things start to unravel beyond our control?  In New Zealand director Christine Jeffs’ powerful new feature film A Mistake, adapted from the novel by Carl Shuker, American actor Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games, Pitch Perfect) plays a gifted surgeon dealing with the aftermath of an emergency surgery that went wrong. The reasons for the death that follow are complex, highlighting human fallibility and the responsibilities of everyone surrounding it.