El Bote (2002)

El Bote plot

A mental health clinic in Argentina. A woman is in bed, a man is chopping wood. Another man walks long distances through the harsh environment. It is sunny and quiet, they have the peace to think. At the same calm pace, the residents are filmed going about their daily business, in a sawmill, playing football, in a disco. It is not immediately clear that they are mentally tied up. This is only slowly apparent from the stories that are being told. The viewer learns about their lives through their own words – doctors or caregivers don't speak and not even in the picture. One of them says he had hallucinations that made him think he was God. A woman talks about the hours she spent talking with Vincent van Gogh. The central figure, Foti, is an elderly man who tells stories to pictures with the names of the residents written on them. The documentary becomes a reflection on the fate of the clinic residents.

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