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Frankrijk
Documentaire
105 minuten

geregisseerd door Nicolas Philibert

In de zomer van 1995 begonnen bewoners en personeelsleden van de psychiatrische kliniek La Borde, waar patiënten en verplegers met elkaar leven zonder hiërarchische grenzen, traditiegetrouw aan de repetities voor het toneelstuk dat elk jaar wordt opgevoerd. Men had gekozen voor Opérette, een moeilijk toneelstuk van de moderne schrijver Witold Gombrowicz. Naast alle ups en downs van dit artistiek-therapeutische project laat Philibert ook het alledaagse leven in de psychiatrische kliniek zien, de angsten, eenzaamheid en zorgzaamheid.

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Studio: Second Run Collection

DVD Release Date: May 1, 2006


Director: Nicolas Philibert


Description
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The protagonists in this film are the patients and staff at the La Borde psychiatric institute in France. Each summer they perform a play on a stage set in the beautiful grounds of the chateau. The film charts the passage of this magical event and allows the viewer a glimpse at life in one of the world"s most highly regarded psychiatric institutions.

Philibert, director of the hugely-acclaimed Etre et avoir and In the Land of the Deaf, calmly and compassionately builds an experience that is less like watching a documentary than like being enveloped in a book of breathlessly honest poetry. He delicately celebrates the work of La Borde and quietly makes us question the distinctions that society applies in classifying as normal or abnormal.


Format: PAL

DVD Size: 6.64 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy

Runtime (main feature): 100 minutes

Type: Color

Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1

Sound (main feature): French DD2.0

Subtitles: optional English



DISC FEATURES:

# Newly filmed introduction by critic/writer Geoff Andrew.
# New digital transfer approved by the Director.
# Anamorphic 16:9 enhanced for widescreen televisions.
# New and improved English subtitle translation.
# Booklet features interview with Nicolas Philibert.



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