Great Movies About Mental Illness
Sept 17, 2021 2:26:00 GMT
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Post by manfromplanetx on Sept 17, 2021 2:26:00 GMT
Two "Great" European films both portray central to their story a mentally challenged character the ostracized "village idiot" ...
Biće skoro propast sveta , It Rains in My Village (1968) Yugoslavia Dir. Aleksandar Petrović. The contemporary story unfolds in a remote peasant village in communist ruled Yugoslavia. Eva Ras gives a compelling heart-braking performance as Gotza, a childlike whimsical "village idiot" whom a handsome pig farmer, Tricha, is tricked into marrying...
Atunci i-am condamnat pe toţi la moarte , Then I Sentenced Them All to Death (1972) Romania Dir. Sergiu Nicolaescu
Amza Pellea gives an outstanding performance in this powerful drama as Ipu, the village idiot. He spends his time with a young boy fishing and play acting out the French Revolution in the local ruins. Set during World War II their carefree lifestyle is turned upside down when a German soldier is found murdered on the outskirts of their Romanian village. The German superiors threaten the villagers that unless the perpetrator is handed over by the following morning they will all face serious reprisals.
In order to avoid this, the village intellectuals try to convince Ipu to take the blame for the murder and save them all...
Biće skoro propast sveta , It Rains in My Village (1968) Yugoslavia Dir. Aleksandar Petrović. The contemporary story unfolds in a remote peasant village in communist ruled Yugoslavia. Eva Ras gives a compelling heart-braking performance as Gotza, a childlike whimsical "village idiot" whom a handsome pig farmer, Tricha, is tricked into marrying...
Atunci i-am condamnat pe toţi la moarte , Then I Sentenced Them All to Death (1972) Romania Dir. Sergiu Nicolaescu
Amza Pellea gives an outstanding performance in this powerful drama as Ipu, the village idiot. He spends his time with a young boy fishing and play acting out the French Revolution in the local ruins. Set during World War II their carefree lifestyle is turned upside down when a German soldier is found murdered on the outskirts of their Romanian village. The German superiors threaten the villagers that unless the perpetrator is handed over by the following morning they will all face serious reprisals.
In order to avoid this, the village intellectuals try to convince Ipu to take the blame for the murder and save them all...