An Insight into Madness, The Prisoner Party

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  • France Regards sur la folie (more)
France, 1961, 53 min

Directed by:

Mario Ruspoli

Screenplay:

Antonin Artaud

Cinematography:

Quinto Albicocco
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The film is made up of the eponymous medium-length film and the short film The Prisoner Party. The director’s goal was for the viewers to better comprehend the everyday life of patients and doctors at the psychiatric hospital in Saint-Alban, where the first experiments with psychotherapy took place. The commentary uses Artaud’s texts on madness. (Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival)

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