Titicut Follies (1967)
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 84 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Frederick Wiseman
IMDb score:
7,7 (5.678)
Releasedate: 3 October 1967
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Titicut Follies plot
"Don't turn your back on this film if you value your mind or your life."
Documentary about the appalling treatment of psychiatric patients at Massachusetts Bridgewater State Hospital.
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Woland
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A painfully direct look into life in a Massachusetts insane asylum in the 1960s. Titicut Follies observes all kinds of events in daily life there, and it is quite harrowing to see. Many of the prisoners are clearly quite off track. We see completely deranged, paranoid tirades, we see grown men who can no longer utter a decent sentence, we see a Russian who, although paranoid, can articulate himself perfectly from his world view and for whom it is hell to be among the raving lunatics. to sit. We also see the interaction with the handling staff and guards, which isn't always pleasant either, to put it as an understatement - including harassment and coercive treatment. Everything is also shown on screen long enough for it to slowly get under the skin. A bare but fascinating documentary that makes you very uncomfortable. 4.0*
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