Synopsis
Every year in France, 92,000 people are placed under psychiatric care without their consent. By law, the hospital has 12 days to bring each patient before a judge. Based on medical records and a doctor’s recommendations, a crucial decision has to be made – will the patient stay or leave? 12 DAYS after which lives can change forever. Granted access to these hearings for the first time, celebrated filmmaker/photographer Raymond Depardon captures these extraordinary encounters between justice and psychiatry. Astonishing, enlightening—a film that gives a voice to those who have previously been voiceless.
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Movie Details
France Releases: | December 1st, 2017 (Wide) |
MPAA Rating: | Not Rated |
Running Time: | 87 minutes |
Keywords: | Mental Illness, Mental Hospital, Political, Agitprop, Courtroom / Legal Drama, Set in France, Suicide, Suicide Attempt |
Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
Genre: | Documentary |
Production Method: | Live Action |
Creative Type: | Factual |
Production/Financing Companies: | Palmeraie et desert, France 2 Cinema, Auvergne Rhone Alpes Cinema, Wild Bunch, Palatine Etoile 14, OCS., la Region Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, CNC, France Television, La Region-Ile-de-France |
Production Countries: | France |
Languages: | French |