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Blue Cha Cha (2005)
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Actors Tarcy Su, Leon Dai, Lu Yi-Ching, Yang Kuei-Mei
À sa sortie de prison, Ah Yu rencontre deux hommes puis retrouve une amie plus âgée qui tient un bar. Un jour elles voient sur le quai un spectacle de marionnettes. Lao-Yao, le marionnettiste, souffre d'autisme.
Please Stand By (2018)
, 1h33Directed by Ben Lewin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Actors Dakota Fanning, Toni Collette, Alice Eve, River Alexander, Tony Revolori, Michael Stahl-David
Une jeune autiste s'échappe de son centre d'hébergement dans l’espoir de soumettre son scénario à un concours d'écriture à Hollywood. Sur le chemin elle devra conquérir un nouveau monde rempli d'obstacles.
The Soloist (2009)
, 1h55Directed by Joe Wright
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Psychologie, Musical films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism, Violon
Actors Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr., Catherine Keener, Tom Hollander, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Nelsan Ellis
In 2005, Steve Lopez (Robert Downey, Jr.) is a journalist working for the L.A. Times. He is divorced and now works for his ex-wife, Mary (Catherine Keener), an editor. A biking accident lands Lopez in a hospital.
Mozart and the Whale (2005)
, 1h32Directed by Petter Næss
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Actors Josh Hartnett, Radha Mitchell, Gary Cole, Sheila Kelley, Allen Evangelista, Erica Leerhsen
The film tells the story of two people with Asperger syndrome (a form of autism). Donald runs a small self-help group for people on the autism spectrum who are more affected by their autism than he is. Isabelle is referred to the group by her therapist. Mozart and the Whale is a fictional account, using characters loosely based on the real-life relationship of Jerry Newport and Mary Meinel (now Mary Newport).
Killer Diller (2004)
, 1h35Directed by Tricia Brock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Actors William Lee Scott, Lucas Black, Fred Willard, W. Earl Brown, John Michael Higgins, Ashley Johnson
Wesley, (William Lee Scott) a car thief and musician sent to live at a halfway house on the campus of a Christian college meets Vernon, (Lucas Black) an autistic piano player in need of a friend. Together they team up with the struggling halfway house band to create the Killer Diller Blues Band.
Too Sane for This World (2011)
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Medical-themed films, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about health care, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Too Sane for This World explores autism and discusses the challenges that people with autism face in the world. The documentary also discusses the need for society to address the concerns being voiced within the autism community, and features questions posed by adults on the spectrum. The movie is a collaboration between neurotypical and A-typical filmmakers.
Latest News from the Cosmos (2016)
Directed by Julie Bertuccelli
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Medical-themed films, Documentary films about health care, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Hélène Nicolas est très tôt diagnostiquée « autiste déficitaire ». Elle est silencieuse jusqu'à l'adolescence. Sa mère décide alors de se consacrer à elle. Et elle découvre à son adolescence, qu'Hélène sait lire et écrire. Commence alors pour Babouillec, le nom de plume d'Hélène Nicolas, une carrière d'écrivain qui révèle tout son talent…
The Odd Way Home (2013)
, 1h27Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Actors Rumer Glenn Willis, Brendan Sexton III, Chris Marquette, Veronica Cartwright, Bruce Altman, Seth Adkins
Nell (1994)
, 1h53Directed by Michael Apted
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, Medical-themed films, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films based on plays, Films about autism, Children's films, Films about language and translation
Actors Jodie Foster, Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson, Richard Libertini, Nick Searcy, Jeremy Davies
When stroke victim Violet Kellty dies in her isolated cabin in the North Carolina mountains, Dr. Jerome "Jerry" Lovell (Liam Neeson), the town doctor, finds a terrified young woman (Jodie Foster) hiding in the rafters of the house. She speaks angrily and rapidly but seems to have a language of her own. Looking at Violet's Bible, Jerry finds a note asking whoever finds it to look after the woman, who is Violet's daughter Nell. Sheriff Todd Peterson (Nick Searcy) shows Jerry a news clipping from which Jerry surmises that Nell is indeed the dead woman’s daughter, conceived through rape.
The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)
, 1h54Directed by Nick Castle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism, Children's films
Actors Lucy Deakins, Jay Underwood, Bonnie Bedelia, Fred Savage, Colleen Dewhurst, Fred Gwynne
Fourteen-year-old Amelia "Milly" Michaelson (Deakins) and her family move into a new suburban home shortly after the death of her father. Milly makes friends with her new neighbor Geneva, and Milly and her eight-year-old brother Louis (Savage) have difficulty adjusting to their new schools, while their mother Charlene (Bedelia) copes with a demotion at work and her inability to learn how to use a computer. Louis is also plagued by bullies down the street who won't let him get around the block.
Breaking and Entering (2006)
, 2hDirected by Sydney Pollack, Anthony Minghella
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Actors Jude Law, Juliette Binoche, Robin Wright, Martin Freeman, Vera Farmiga, Rafi Gavron
Will Francis (Jude Law), a young Englishman, is a landscape architect living a detached, routine-based life in London with his Swedish-American girlfriend Liv (Robin Wright Penn) and her autistic daughter Bea. The 13-year-old girl's irregular sleeping and eating habits as well as her unsocial behaviour (she has trouble relating to people and seems only interested in doing somersaults and gymnastics) reach worrying proportions and start to put a lot of strain on Will and Liv's relationship. Complicating the situation further is his feeling of being shut out of their inner circle since Bea is not his biological daughter. He and Liv start relationship counselling, but their drifting apart continues.
Cries from the Heart (1994)
, 1h33Directed by Michael Switzer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about children, Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism, Films about child abuse
Actors Melissa Gilbert, Patty Duke, Bradley Pierce, Markus Flanagan, Lisa Banes, Roger Aaron Brown
Karen Barth (Gilbert) is the divorced mother of Michael (Pierce), a young autistic boy who is unable to speak or write. After an incident in which Michael wanders away from home to the local playground, Karen's ex-husband Roger realizes that Michael may need more specialized care than she can provide, and suggests Michael be enrolled in a special residential school.
Presque comme les autres (2014)
Directed by Renaud Bertrand
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Actors Bernard Campan, Julie-Marie Parmentier, Marie-Anne Chazel, Patrick Descamps, Christelle Cornil, Charlie Dupont
Christophe (Bernard Campan) est un comédien célèbre, qui triomphe sur scène dans Le Dindon, admiré par sa jeune femme Séverine, également comédienne. Ils ont un fils de trois ans, Tom (Côme Rossignol de La Ronde). Ce dernier ne leur laisse pas de répit : il ne dort pas, ne répond jamais quand on l'appelle, ne réagit pas, ne parle pas... Séverine sent que ce fils n'est pas normal, mais tout l'entourage, médecins, famille, jusqu'à Christophe, est dans le déni. Leur bel amour va-t-il résister ? Va-t-on finir par comprendre pourquoi Tom est si différent ?
Words in Blue (2005)
, 1h55Directed by Alain Corneau
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism, Sign-language films, French Sign Language films, Films about language and translation
Actors Sylvie Testud, Sergi López, Mar Sodupe, Cédric Chevalme, Isabelle Petit-Jacques, Esther Gorintin
Clara, (Sylvie Testud), works in a birdshop. She is concerned about her deaf-mute daughter Anna, (Camille Gauthier), whom she is bringing up on her own. She has never spoken a single word. Clara herself is illiterate. Ever since her grandmother Baba, whom she adored, had been the victim of an attack when she was reading her a story, she has always refused to learn to read and write. Now that the silence of her daughter Anna is causing her to be bullied by her peers, Clara feels obliged to withdraw her from her school, and to enrol her in a school for the deaf-mute, run by Vincent, (Sergi López). Vincent, the principal, suggests giving his new pupil particular classes to teach her Sign Language, and so facilitate Anna's integration.
Mr. Know-It-All (2018)
, 1h39Directed by Stéphan Archinard, François Prévôt-Leygonie
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Sports films, Association football films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Actors Arnaud Ducret, Max Baissette de Malglaive, Alice David, Jean-François Cayrey, Caroline Silhol, Féodor Atkine
Vincent Barteau, un quarantenaire divorcé, est un ex footballeur professionnel désormais entraîneur d'un club de recrutement de jeunes talents du football. En rupture avec sa famille, il avait définitivement claqué la porte de ses parents dès l'âge adulte quand son père avait refusé de le voir embrasser la carrière de footballeur. Sa sœur, personnage compliqué qui court le monde, a abandonné son fils Léonard aux grands-parents, propriétaires d'un château sur une île de la côte atlantique. Alors que Françoise Barteau est à l'hôpital pour subir un pontage, ses deux employés espagnols, Antonio et Lidia se débarrassent de Léonard, de surnom Léo, pour le confier à Vincent, contre son gré, alors que ce dernier se prépare à partir en Chine pour aller y entraîner une équipe de football.