Et isoleret sanatorium dybt inde i ødemarken i West Virginia er blevet forladt, efter en indavlet familie fuld af bonderøvs-kannibaler er brudt ud og har taget hævn over deres fangevogtere. Årtier senere søger en gruppe studerende tilflugt på det øde hospital, da en snestorm afsporer deres planer om en weekendtur. Men da de studerende støder på den medicinske afdelings mest skræmmende tidligere patienter, har de intet valg end at kæmpe imod - eller dø i kampen.
Persona er Ingmar Bergman, når han er bedst. Filmen er åben for et hav af fortolkninger, og professionelle psykologer står i kø for at rose den og fortælle, hvad de har lært af den. Bibi Andersson er en ung sygeplejerske, som får til opgave at tage sig af en skuespillerinde (Liv Ullmann), der tilsyneladende kun fejler ét: hun nægter at give ord fra sig. På trods af énvejskommunikationen flyder sygeplejerskens personlighed langsomt sammen med patientens.
The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings. Then Annie Sullivan, a 20-year-old teacher from Boston, arrives. Having just recently regained her own sight, the no-nonsense Annie reaches out to Helen through the power of touch, the only tool they have in common, and leads her bold pupil on a miraculous journey from fear and isolation to happiness and light.
Familiefilm der udspiller sig i Depressionstidens USA. En 14-årig pige er blevet forladt af sin far fordi han fik arbejde i den anden ende af landet. Hun beslutter sig for at tage ud for at finde ham og kommer ud for en række dramatiske og spændende oplevelser på sin rejse.
Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man, whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison.
Trevor Blackburn is accused of murdering his girlfriend, Faith, in a brutal ritual. He's sentenced to live in an experimental rehabilitation community and falls into a coma. When he wakes up, he meets the mysterious Dr. Ek, who tortures Trevor in an attempt to learn the whereabouts of a powerful occult book. As other patients start to disappear, Trevor begins to wonder who and where he really is.
An unlucky woman’s mother is murdered by a scarf-wielding killer named Silk, leaving the woman injured, traumatised and suffering from amnesia. She’s committed to a mental institution, where Silk follows her, looking for the papers he was trying to get from her mother. And Silk’s only the beginning of her problems, since the asylum is run by a mad doctor, performing experiments in chemical lobotomies!
After a fatal accident occurs, Nathan Perry is assigned to the Milwood facility for young adults. During his time at Milwood, Nathan becomes a victim of unforeseen terror and unusual behavior.
Four strangers check into a specialized medical treatment center to take care of their mysterious, personal, and parallel needs. Little do they know, once they check in... there is only one way to check out. A race against the clock in a twisted establishment.
Françoise Barnier, the film's heroine, is a mother. One day, she stole something. She was in dire straits but no more so than usual. She was not in debt. She had always refused the degradation of excessive debt and charities, attempting to live in line with the rules laid down by society and the law. We follow her journey through the judicial institution. Here, two ideas of justice and law collide.
Inspired by the original micropub craze in Kent, three entrepreneurial Londoners decide to open their very own micropub and revitalise their high streets through a love of real ale, conversation and community spirit.
In this short documentary, Gen Z'ers from around the globe talk about how climate change affects their mental health, life choices, & their visions for the future. The Gen Z'ers featured in this documentary are climate ambassadors in their community, fighting against the government for their rights and finding joy through community action.
Roni Beck is a man whose only thought in life is to become a professional comedian, but who due to his lack of success must live hidden in his mother's appartment in an old people's home, continuing to believe firmly that his day in the limelight will come. One day Serge Grätzer, the director of the old people's home, discovers Roni, and makes him help out with the work. Serge then decides to take a hand in Roni's career, embezzling money to launch the budding comedian. Once again however success eludes Roni. In the end Serge decides to fulfil his own secret longings to be on the stage. This leads to a row between the two men. Despite a reconciliation, they never again appear together on the stage. And when Serge's embezzlement is discovered he has to flee with the police at his heels and the home has to be closes. In the end, Roni persuades Mr. Klein, an eccentric old man who likes to play the stock market, to save the home with the millions he has stashed away.
An assignment duty nurse goes in search of her live-in boyfriend, a successful photographer, to the Church run psychiatric institute, after he has a psychotic break. With the help of her lover, she receives a temporary assignment at the institute, where she learns that most of its patients aren't psychotic, they're possessed, and that the Church is exorcising as many of them as they can.
This documentary explores an unknown civilization of the Brazilian Amazon, who risk their lives to protect their forest. In order to save the exploitation of the environment by big corporations, they have to create legal institutions.