Movies: Schizophrenia

  • 2006
    This Beggar's Description

    This Beggar's Description (2006)

    This Beggar's Description

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    It's a sensitive, moving doc chronicling the life of Tétrault's brother Philip , a Montreal poet, musician and diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic. A promising athlete as a child, Philip began experiencing mood swings in his early 20s. His extended fam...

    This Beggar's Description
  • 1973
    Grumbles

    Grumbles (1973)

    Grumbles

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    "Video by Bill Etra, early to mid 1970s, perhaps at the WNET TV Lab?"...

    Grumbles
  • 2025
    The Devil Smokes (and Saves the Burnt Matches in the Same Box)

    The Devil Smokes (and Saves the Burnt Matches in the Same Box) (2025)

    The Devil Smokes (and Saves the Burnt Matches in the Same Box)

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    In mid-90s Mexico City, five young siblings are left in the care of their grandmother after their parents suddenly disappear. As they fight to survive, the line between reality and something darker starts to blur. The grandmother, haunted by eerie vi...

    The Devil Smokes (and Saves the Burnt Matches in the Same Box)
  • 1971
    Rolanda Polonsky, Sculptor

    Rolanda Polonsky, Sculptor (1971)

    Rolanda Polonsky, Sculptor

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    Enter the imaginative world of acclaimed sculptor Rolanda Polonsky, who had been a resident of Netherne Psychiatric Hospital in Coulsdon, Surrey for 26 years when this film was made. One of the positive aspects of her illness, described in the film a...

    Rolanda Polonsky, Sculptor
  • 2002
    Doctor Schizo e Mister Phrenic

    Doctor Schizo e Mister Phrenic (2002)

    Doctor Schizo e Mister Phrenic

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    A short film by Giulio Questi....

    Doctor Schizo e Mister Phrenic
  • 1989
    Into Madness

    Into Madness (1989)

    Into Madness

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    Initially airing on HBO's "America Undercover" series, this riveting documentary focuses on three families shattered by the psychiatric disorder of schizophrenia. Subjects "Bob," "Missy" and "Steven" have lived for over a decade with schizophrenia. ...

    Into Madness