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Alice: Ignorance is Bliss (2014)
, 7minutesOrigin United-kingdom
Themes Medical-themed films, Documentary films about health care, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
In 2004, Alice Whinnett was diagnosed with dementia. Over the following decade her condition naturally worsened, and everything in her world changed, all apart from how her "favourite grandson" behaved with her. In this short documentary, grandson Thomas McNaught gives a brief look at the relationship between his 84-year-old grandmother and himself, showing a lighter side to the disease that breaks so many families apart.
Graduating Peter (2001)
, 1h15Origin USA
Themes Films about education, Films about children, Films about disabilities
Before he entered the third grade, Peter Gwazdauskas was originally in a special needs school with autistic/special needs students. But when he entered the third grade, he was enrolled in a traditional school since federal law states that special needs students should be educated with regularly developing students in traditional schools. Even though Peter improved since third grade, he still had some social issues, including suffering through depression and having some behavioral outbursts. During the school day, Peter had aides with him in school because he cannot function well due to his disabilities. Sometimes during class, he was pulled out of the lesson in order to work with his aide one-on-one. Peter also had some jobs during the time he was in middle school and high school in order to be involved with community. In the summer, he had a summer aide because to learn about life and job skills. Peter also participated in extracurricular activities such as being in the concert band and being the manager on the soccer team. He has also been in a school club with both autistic and regularly developing students. Since then, it has helped Peter improve his social skills. He improved even more by the end of his senior year of high school and went on to graduate with his classmates.
Brain on Fire (2017)
, 1h35Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities
Actors Chloë Grace Moretz, Jenny Slate, Thomas Mann, Tyler Perry, Carrie-Anne Moss, Richard Armitage
A journalist at the New York Post named Susannah Cahalan starts having serious health issues, including seizures and hearing voices. As weeks pass, her condition worsens and she quickly moves from violence to catatonia. After numerous misdiagnoses and a hospitalization, one doctor finally gives her a diagnosis and hope to rebuild her life. One day Cahalan wakes up in the hospital with no memory at all of her previous month.
The Ataxian (2014)
, 1h14Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about disabilities
At age 17, Bryant was diagnosed with the progressive neuromuscular disease, Friedreich’s ataxia (FA), for which there is no medication, nor cure. The movie tells how Bryant lost the ability to play his favorite sports and walk. Bryant takes up cycling, biking long distances in a specially outfitted “trike.” When Bryant is finally relegated to a wheel chair, he enlists the help of three friends, Sean (who also has FA), John and Mike, and they embark on the “world’s toughest bike race,” the Race Across America (RAAM).
Chau, Beyond the Lines (2015)
, 34minutesGenres Documentary
Themes Films about children, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Films about disabilities, Political films
Chau, a teenager living in a Vietnamese care center for kids disabled by Agent Orange, struggles with the reality of his dream to one day become a professional artist.
When I Walk (2013)
, 1h24Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Medical-themed films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Films about disabilities, Autobiographical documentary films
Amnesiac (2015)
, 1h30Directed by Polish brothers
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Kate Bosworth, Wes Bentley, Shashawnee Hall, Richard Riehle, Patrick Bauchau
The story of a man who wakes up in bed suffering from memory loss after being in an accident, only to begin to suspect that his wife may not be his real wife and that a web of lies and deceit deepen inside the house where he soon finds himself a prisoner.
, 13minutesOrigin USA
Themes Medical-themed films, Documentary films about health care, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
When VanBallenberghe turned thirty-six, he realized that he had been addicted to gambling for a third of his life. He decided to end the problem once and for all. His approach to recovery was two-fold: enter into psychotherapy, and make a documentary about the experience. Lapse is a personal documentary that portrays the fractured state of mind of a person in the grip of a gambling addiction. All of the dialogue in Lapse is taken from psychotherapy sessions that the director recorded.
Overfed & Undernourished (2014)
, 1h35Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about health care, Films about disabilities
Overfed & Undernourished is a health and lifestyle documentary that examines a global epidemic and modern lifestyles through one boy's inspiring and personal journey to regain his health from the inside out.
The Road Within (2015)
, 1h40Directed by Gren Wells
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Films about disabilities, Road movies
Actors Robert Sheehan, Dev Patel, Zoë Naelle Kravitz, Robert Patrick, Kyra Sedgwick, Ali Hillis
After his mother's death Vincent (Robert Sheehan) a teenager with Tourettes is enrolled in a behavioural facility by his father. While there he rooms with Alex (Dev Patel) a Brit with obsessive compulsive disorder and meets Marie (Zoë Kravitz) who is in recovery for an eating disorder.
By Reason of Insanity (2014)
Directed by Louis Theroux
Origin United-kingdom
Themes Medical-themed films, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about health care, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
The Sense of Wonder (2015)
, 1h40Directed by Éric Besnard
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about the labor movement, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Actors Virginie Efira, Benjamin Lavernhe, Lucie Fagedet, Hervé Pierre, Hiam Abbass, Laurent Bateau
Louise, jeune veuve arboricultrice de la Drôme en difficultés financières, heurte dans un accident de voiture un homme qui marche sur un chemin de terre. Étrange personnage filiforme, dégingandé et rigide dans son immuable costume, au franc-parler et au débit vocal rapide et mécanique, il refuse d'être soigné et ne supporte pas qu'on le touche. Louise découvre peu à peu que Pierre est un autiste Asperger plein de tics et d'angoisses, mais également un redoutable observateur et calculateur prodige qui analyse tout à l'aide de son ordinateur. Pierre s'adapte très vite à Louise et à son environnement, et s'installe chez elle contre son gré. Tout d'abord perplexes, les deux enfants de Louise s'attachent à lui et font tout pour que le jeune homme reste à la maison. Louise est bouleversée quand elle apprend que son nouveau colocataire est menacé d'internement psychiatrique suite à des démélés judiciaires. Par ailleurs, ses compétences scientifiques et techniques la sauvent à plusieurs reprises de la ruine. Elle hésite longuement à l'accepter dans sa vie.
, 55minutesDirected by Brigitte Lemaine
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Medical-themed films, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Films about disabilities, Documentary films about World War II, Personne sourde ou muette
Dès juillet 1933, Adolf Hitler instaure une nouvelle loi sur la stérilisation forcée en matière d'hygiène raciale et d'anéantissement des handicapés. À partir de 1993, les sourds ayant vécu cette période racontent leur stérilisation faite sous la pression de leurs professeurs ou de membres de l'association des sourds nazis.
Red Wine in the Dark Night (2015)
, 1h45Origin Thailande
Genres Erotic, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Vampires in film, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related film
Actors Pongsatorn Sripinta
Wine, un jeune homme au physique angélique, rencontre par hasard un garçon de son âge qui se révèle totalement amnésique. Un lien particulier se noue entre eux lorsque Wine s'aperçoit de la nature de l'inconnu : ce dernier est une créature de la nuit, assoiffée de sang et mise au supplice par le manque. Wine finit par le laisser assouvir sa soif sur lui, franchissant du même coup le point de non retour.
Up for Love (2016)
, 1h38Directed by Laurent Tirard
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, La provence, Transport films, Aviation films, Films about disabilities, Personne sourde ou muette, Sign-language films, French Sign Language films, Films about language and translation
Actors Jean Dujardin, Virginie Efira, Cédric Kahn, César Domboy, Manoëlle Gaillard, Éric Berger
Diane est une très belle femme et une brillante avocate, dotée d'une forte personnalité. Malheureuse dans son mariage, elle est divorcée et est désormais enfin libre de rencontrer l’homme de sa vie. Un jour, un certain Alexandre l'appelle car il a retrouvé le téléphone portable perdu par Diane. L'homme est courtois, drôle, cultivé. Diane tombe immédiatement sous le charme. Ils prennent alors rendez-vous. Mais il y a un problème. Alexandre mesure 1,36 m.