Just watched this flick.
It appears to have some issues with authenticiy, with regards to "theocratic" jargon (i.e. use of Mister instead of "brother", etc.). However, this was closer to current Watchtower culture than a book review (Amazon) that had "sisters" going door-to-door in blue-jeans/pants. This book was obviously written by someone that was barely associated, or only knew of the culture second-hand.
Nurse babe/witness has witness boyfriend dying of leukemia. Blood transfusion will allegedly "save" him. My daughter died of leukemia and in short order, due to her refusal to accept a transfusion. She had AML and it was a death sentence either way. A transfusion may have extended her life a couple of months but she relapsed from the chemo and it probably wouldn't have mattered.
So, I have been directly impacted by this issue. Personally, I went through a major operation and refused blood and didn't really care either way. Luck of the draw as it were. Still, this issue is one that many of us are passionate over.
The bibilical stricture against blood was specifically applied to ingestion. The "Society" has used the coloquial of "intravenous feeding" as a linguistic anchor to tie transfusions to the scripture. In reality, the technology didn't exist during the Noachian epoch so this would appear to be a Christian conscience matter. It was the symbolic sancity of blood that was paramount and God allowed/overlooked this rule in certain cases (when David's men slaughtered and fed without properly bleeding the animals). Since all meat is going to have some blood interstitially captured within the muscle tissues, veins, and ateries, it is purely a ritualistic bleeding. If not, you wouldn't be able to eat meat at all.
Sorry to spoilerize but the babe gives blood to the dying sole survivor of a plane crash and she tries to persuade her dying witness boyfriend to runaway with her and get treatment.
I won't tell you what happens, I'll let you watch it instead.
The flick had multiple running stories (not all seem to have been fully fleshed-out) sort of like Tampopo without the noodles.
Canadian/French w/ subs.
ciao