Our Lucky Hours
45,000 patients died in French psychiatric hospitals between 1939 and 1945. A single site escaped this carnage: the asylum in Saint-Alban, an isolated village in Lozère. What happened there for it to be an exception? Retracing several decades in the history of this important site of psychiatry, using precious archival films and the accounts of those who worked there, Martine Deyres answers this question and, in doing so, shows how the political courage and poetic audacity that were practised there contributed to changing medicine and society’s perception on madness. Intersecting in the crucible of this movement called “institutional psychotherapy” were members of the Resistance, artists, doctors and philosophers—including Paul Eluard, Tristan Tzara and Georges Canguilhem.
Year: 2022
Genre: Documentary
Studio: Les Films du Tambour de soie
Director: Martine Deyres
Cast:
Crew: Anne Paschetta (Screenplay), Martine Deyres (Screenplay), Martine Deyres (Director), Jean Christophe Beauvallet (Director of Photography), Marianne Roussy (Sound), Philippe Boucq (Editor)
Runtime: 77 minutes
Release: Apr 20, 2022
IMDb: 5.00/10 by 1 users
Popularity: 0
Country: Belgium, France, Switzerland
Language: Français
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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