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Minugurulu (2014)
, 1h49Themes Films about children, Films about disabilities
Actors Ashish Vidyarthi, Suhasini Maniratnam, Raghubir Yadav
Raju’, a mother-less child, is orphaned by his father, as he is blinded while editing a video that he has made in a local photo studio. He is admitted to a residential blind orphanage run by a depraved man ‘Narayana’, who battens on the money meant for the welfare of the blind and keeps the children in deplorable conditions. As visually impaired boy, he learns to see life as a challenge. In the process of coping with the fresh blindness, Raju finds four friends Mynah, Sukumar, Bhaskar and Anand among the children of the centre. All the children, decide to send a complaint to the District Collector with the help of Raju. Unfortunately the whole effort goes in vain. This humiliation and pain strengthens the resolve of the children to expose Narayana’s delinquency. The mission "Divya-Drushti" starts with Raju’s astounding idea of portraying the brutality of Narayana with all evidences and proofs to the District Collector and makes an identity and creates independence not only to him but also to others.
Like Stars on Earth (2007)
, 2h45Directed by Aamir Khan, Amole Gupte
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about education, Films about children, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films about disabilities, Bollywood, Children's films
Actors Darsheel Safary, Aamir Khan, Tisca Chopra, Vipin Sharma, Sachet Engineer, Tanay Hemant Chheda
Ishaan Nandkishore Awasthi (Darsheel Safary) is an eight-year-old boy who dislikes school and fails every test or exam. He finds all subjects difficult, and is belittled and berated by his teachers and classmates. But Ishaan's internal world is rich with wonders that he is unable to convey to others, magical lands filled with colour and animated animals. He is an artist whose talent is unrecognised.
A Separation (2011)
, 1h54Directed by Asghar Farhadi
Origin Iran
Genres Drama
Themes Pregnancy films, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Leila Hatami, Peymân Maâdi, Shahab Hosseini, Merila Zarei, Sareh Bayat, Sarina Farhadi
Nader and Simin have been married for 14 years and live with their 11-year-old daughter Termeh in Tehran. The family belongs to the urban middle-class and the couple is on the verge of separation. Simin wants to leave the country with her husband and daughter, as she does not want Termeh to grow up under the prevailing conditions. This desire is not shared by Nader. He is concerned for his elderly father, who lives with the family and suffers from Alzheimer's disease. When Nader decides to stay in Iran, Simin files for divorce.
Thulladha Manamum Thullum (1999)
, 2h30Directed by Ezhil
Genres Romance
Themes Films about disabilities
Actors Vijay, Simran, S. Manivannan, Vaiyapuri, Madhan Bob, Ponnambalam
Kutty (Vijay) wants to become a singer while working as a local cable provider run by Mani (Manivannan). His songs are appreciated by a college student Rukmani (Simran) and each time when she wishes to meet him, circumstances project him as a transitive element. He also becomes the cause for Rukmani losing her eyesight and repents for it. He starts to love her and he regularly writes to his mother about the development of love he has for Rukmani. When his mother dies (there is a beautiful emotional scene in toilet, which is a never-seen-before kind of thing), she offers her eyes to Rukmani. To meet the cost of the eye transplant, kutty offers his kidney to a Pune-based rich man. While returning home he inadvertently becomes an accomplice in creating explosives and he's arrested. Having regained her vision, Rukmani, who had studied for IAS, becomes a Collector and when Kutty tries to contact her, he is still the rowdy element in her mind. Finally the confusion is cleared after "Innisai Paadivarum" is played and they become lovers at the end as always.
Pithamagan (2003)
, 2h38Directed by Bala
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Films about disabilities
Actors Vikram, Suriya, Laila, Sangeetha, Simran, Karunas Sethu
Chitans life starts in a graveyard.An anonymous woman dies while giving birth to him and he is found and raised by the caretaker of the graveyard.He grows up among corpses with minimal human contact is perhaps more feral than autistic. He growls like a wolf, runs like an gorilla has the unkempt appearance of an orangutan but he seems to understand loyalty and is despite his circumstance, a social animal.He ventures into a town in search of food and gets into trouble as he doesn't understand the concept of money. He is rescued by Gomathy, a petty Ganja seller.She sees his ability to be loyal and enrolls him into the service of her employer, a large scale ganja producer. Chitan is caught during a drug raid and sent to jail.
My Flesh and Blood (2003)
, 1h23Directed by Jonathan Karsh
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Films about disabilities
The documentary takes an in-depth at the Tom Family which mostly consists of children that were rejected by their birth families due to mental or physical disabilities. The film is broken up into seasons starting out with family taking part in Halloween in the fall and ending in the Summer of the upcoming year. The family's unconventional home-life becomes a foundation for the supports, challenges, and successes that they face daily.
, 59minutesOrigin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about suicide, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about health care, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Memento (2000)
, 1h53Directed by Christopher Nolan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Auto-justice
Actors Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior, Jorja Fox, Stephen Tobolowsky
The film starts with the Polaroid photograph of a dead man. As the sequence plays backwards the photo reverts to its undeveloped state, entering the camera before the man is shot in the head. This is followed by interspersed black-and-white and color sequences, with the black-and-white sequences taking place chronologically before the color sequences.
There Will Be Blood (2008)
, 2h38Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities, Sign-language films, American Sign Language films, Films about language and translation
Actors Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Ciarán Hinds, Kevin J. O'Connor, Dillon Freasier, Russell Harvard
In 1898, Daniel Plainview, a prospector in New Mexico, mines a potentially precious ore vein from a pit mine hole. In the process of dynamiting the lode, he falls from a broken rung of the tunnel ladder and breaks his leg. He saves a silver sample, climbs out of the mine, and drags himself to the nearest assay office to record his and gets a Silver and Gold certificate claim. In 1902, he discovers oil near Los Angeles, California and establishes a small drilling company. Following the death of a worker in an accident, Daniel adopts the man's orphaned son. The boy, named H. W., becomes his nominal "business partner", allowing Daniel to paint himself to potential investors as "a family man".
The Elephant Man (1980)
, 2h4Directed by David Lynch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Horror, Historical
Themes Circus films, Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities
Actors Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Freddie Jones
London Hospital surgeon Frederick Treves finds John Merrick in a Victorian freak show in London's East End, where he is kept by Mr. Bytes. His head is always hooded, and his "owner," who views him as retarded, is paid by Treves to bring him to the hospital for exams. He shows Merrick to his colleagues and highlights his monstrous skull, which forces him to sleep with his head on his knees, since if he were to lie down, he would asphyxiate. On Merrick’s return he is beaten so hard by Bytes that an apprentice calls Treves to bring him back to hospital. When Bytes accuses Treves of likewise exploiting Merrick for his own ends, he vows to do what he can to help Merrick.
Deiva Thirumagal (2011)
, 2h46Directed by A. L. Vijay
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Films about disabilities
Actors Vikram, Sara Arjun, Anushka Shetty, Amala Paul, Nassar, Santhanam
Krishna (Vikram) is intellectually disabled and has the mental ability of a six-year old. He lives a peaceful life in the hill station of Ooty. He is cared for by Victor (Krishna Kumar), the owner of a chocolate factory where Krishna works. One day he excitedly announces to the village that he will become a father. That night, his daughter is born, but his wife Banumathy dies during childbirth. Unable to grasp the concept of death, he simply accepts that his wife has "gone to God" and starts life as a father. He names his daughter Nila, and raises her with love and care. She soon grows into a happy young girl (Sara). With the help of Victor and his other mentally challenged friends, Krishna enrolls Nila in school.
Temple Grandin (2010)
, 1h43Directed by Mick Jackson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about animals, Medical-themed films, Films about cows, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Actors Claire Danes, Catherine O'Hara, Julia Ormond, David Strathairn, Melissa Farman, Barry Tubb
The film covers Temple Grandin's life through a series of flashbacks. As a child, Grandin (Danes) was uncommunicative and prone to tantrums and is diagnosed with autism. The medical consensus at the time was that autism was a form of schizophrenia resulting from insufficient maternal affection. Despite recommendations to place her in an institution, Grandin's mother (Ormond) hires therapists and works to help her daughter adapt to social interaction.
The Self-Destruction of Gia (2003)
, 1h20Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Documentary films about law, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about health care, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, HIV/AIDS in film
Actors Zoë Lund
The Crash Reel (2013)
, 1h48Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Documentary films about sports, Films about disabilities
20 ans d’archives retracent la dramatique histoire d’une rivalité grandissante entre les deux légendes du Snowboard, Kevin Pearce et Shaun White. Les deux amis d’enfance sont aux sommets de leur art, convoitent et se disputent le titre de champion du monde, multipliant les risques dans le but de surpasser l’autre. Jusqu’au jour où Kevin chute, grièvement blessé et atteint de lésions cérébrales, il sombre dans le coma tandis que Shaun gravit la première place du podium. A son réveil, Kevin n’a plus qu’une idée en tête, remonter sur sa planche et embrasser de nouveau sa passion malgré les mises en garde des médecins. Le moindre choc à la tête pourrait le tuer et sa famille craint le pire. L’ex champion doit alors lutter contre l’appel irrésistible mais potentiellement mortel des sports extrêmes.
How to Die in Oregon (2011)
, 1h47Directed by Peter Richardson
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about suicide, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about health care, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Through a 1994 ballot measure (Measure 16) named the Oregon Death with Dignity Act, Oregon became the first U.S. state and one of the first jurisdictions in the world to allow physician-assisted suicide. How to Die in Oregon covers the background of the Oregon law and the life of a few patients who have chosen to take their life under it. It also features some information about the neighboring state of Washington's attempt to legalize physician-assisted suicide in 2008 through a law (Washington Death with Dignity Act) modeled after Oregon's.