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The Stratton Story (1949)
, 1h46Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Sports films, Baseball films, Films about disabilities
Actors James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Morgan, Agnes Moorehead, Bill Williams, Bruce Cowling
Texas farm boy Monty Stratton (Stewart) demonstrates a knack for throwing a baseball. He manages to get a tryout with the Chicago White Sox that is followed by a contract. A teammate introduces him to a young woman named Ethel (Allyson) and soon they are married and raising a family.
A Man in a Hurry (2018)
, 1h40Directed by Hervé Mimran
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities
Actors Fabrice Luchini, Leïla Bekhti, Rebecca Marder, Igor Gotesman, Yves Jacques, Fatima Adoum
Alain est un homme monopolisé par son travail, au point d'en oublier les loisirs et sa famille. Victime d'un AVC qui lui cause de graves troubles de la parole et de la mémoire, il a besoin d'une rééducation. Au cours de celle-ci, il rencontrera Jeanne et réfléchira sur sa vie.
, 1h43Directed by Larry Peerce
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Sports films, Films about disabilities
Actors Marilyn Hassett, Beau Bridges, Belinda Montgomery, Nan Martin, Dabney Coleman, William Bryant
Une jeune championne de ski, Jill Kinmont, est paralysée après un tragique accident de ski. Sa meilleure amie subit le même sort après avoir contracté la poliomyélite. Jill doit lentement reconstruire sa vie avec l'aide de ses proches.
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
, 2h14Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes French war films, Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Prison films, Transport films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Political films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Clovis Cornillac, Marion Cotillard, Dominique Pinon, Albert Dupontel
Five French soldiers are convicted of self-mutilation in order to escape military service during World War I. They are condemned to face near certain death in the no man's land between the French and German trench lines. It appears that all of them were killed in a subsequent battle, but Mathilde, the fiancée of one of the soldiers, refuses to give up hope and begins to uncover clues as to what actually took place on the battlefield. She is all the while driven by the constant reminder of what her fiancé had carved into one of the bells of the church near their home, MMM for Manech Aime Mathilde (Manech Loves Mathilde; a pun on the French word aime, which is pronounced like the letter "M". In the English-language version, this is changed to "Manech's Marrying Mathilde").
Un pull par-dessus l'autre (1993)
, 1h30Directed by Caroline Huppert
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities, Personne sourde ou muette
Actors Annie Girardot, Philippe Torreton, Marie Matheron, Frédéric Quiring, André Lacombe, Gilette Barbier
À la suite d'une bagarre, le père d'Émilie est condamné à une peine de prison. Émilie est placée en famille d'accueil chez les Belin, alors que son petit frère Michel part dans une institution pour sourds.
Uncle Sam (1996)
, 1h29Directed by William Lustig
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Films about domestic violence, Serial killer films, Films about disabilities, Political films
Actors P. J. Soles, Bo Hopkins, Isaac Hayes, Anne Tremko, William Smith, Robert Forster
In Kuwait, a military unit uncovers an American helicopter downed by friendly fire at least three years ago. As the wreckage is inspected, Master Sergeant Sam Harper, one of the burnt bodies within, springs to life and kills a sergeant and a major, and returns to an inert state after muttering, "Don't be afraid, it's only friendly fire!"
Under The Piano (1996)
, 1h32Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Actors Amanda Plummer, Megan Follows, Dan Lett, Ashley Taylor, Nicky Guadagni
Franny Basilio (Amanda Plummer) is determined to help her musically gifted autistic sister Rosetta (Megan Follows) have a life of her own. Their mother Regina (Teresa Stratas), who gave up a promising career as an opera singer to raise her children, refuses to acknowledge Rosetta’s talent and believes she will never be capable of looking after herself. Franny vehemently disagrees with her mother, which has caused friction between them since she was a child. Eventually, Regina’s bitterness, ignorance and desire for acknowledgement of her own talent cause a rift between her and her daughters. Franny ultimately moves out of the house causing Rosetta to hurt herself in a desperate cry for help. Rosetta is hospitalized and assessed by doctors who recommend to Regina that her daughter be lobotomized for her own good. Franny must summon all of her courage in order to prevent her mother from allowing Rosetta to have the operation and be committed to an institution for the rest of her life.
The Masseurs and a Woman (1938)
, 1h6Directed by Hiroshi Shimizu
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about disabilities
Actors Shin Saburi, Shinichi Himori, Takeshi Sakamoto, Akio Isono, Mitsuko Miura
The movie opens on Toku and his fellow blind masseur friend Fuku walking down a mountain path talking about how they take pride in how many people they pass on their walks even though they are blind. They are walking north to work in a village of inns. Once there they perform their jobs and Toku encounters a woman from Tokyo who had ridden in a carriage that passed them on the road. He recognizes her by her distinct Tokyo smell. The next few scenes are comedic encounters with other customers and in particularly with a boy and his uncle. This boy meets the lady from Tokyo and she meets his uncle who becomes smitten with her. This makes Toku sad. All the while there is a rash of thefts of guest’s money while they take baths. Toku believes the woman is doing this and tries to have her escape, but finds out that she is not the one doing it. Instead all the reasons he thought it was her she explains as that she was a mistress of a man she didn’t like and was on the run from him. The next day Toku finds her sitting in a carriage, they say nothing but a man with a police officer also enters the carriage. It is unsaid but I assume that the man is her patron and the carriage takes off as a saddened Toku watches.
An Open Window (2005)
, 52minutesOrigin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Medical-themed films, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about health care, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Can madness be described? Is it possible to express the pain that it entails? In 1994, when she was about to fall prey to her illness, Khady Sylla met Aminta Ngom, who exhibited her madness freely, without fear of provocation. During her years of suffering, Aminta was her window to the world.
A Young Girl in Her Nineties (2017)
, 1h25Directed by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Yann Coridian
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Les deux réalisateurs filment l'intervention d'un chorégraphe, Thierry Thieû Niang, au sein du service gériatrique de l'hôpital Charles-Foix d'Ivry-sur-Seine. Rapidement, le téléfilm se recentre sur une patiente, Blanche Moreau, qui semble tomber amoureuse du danseur.
Front of the Class (2008)
, 1h35Directed by Peter Werner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about education, Films about disabilities
Actors James Wolk, Treat Williams, Patricia Heaton, Mike Pniewski, Sarah Drew, Kathleen York
Brad Cohen's story starts as a young boy whose mother helped doctors to realize that he had Tourette syndrome. With his mother's help and the support of his school principal, Brad eventually becomes an award-winning teacher.
The Theory of Everything (2014)
, 2h3Directed by James Marsh
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Films about education, Films about mathematics, Films about disabilities
Actors Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne, Emily Watson, Harry Lloyd, David Thewlis, Charlie Cox
In 1963, Cambridge University astrophysics student Stephen Hawking (Eddie Redmayne) begins a relationship with literature student Jane Wilde (Felicity Jones). Although Stephen excels at mathematics and physics, his friends and professors are concerned over his lack of thesis topic. After Stephen and his professor Dennis Sciama (David Thewlis) attend a lecture on black holes, Stephen speculates that black holes may have been part of the creation of the universe and decides to write his thesis on time.
A Place On Earth (2013)
, 1h40Directed by Fabienne Godet
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Piano, Films about disabilities, Photographie
Actors Benoît Poelvoorde, Ariane Labed, Max Baissette de Malglaive, Jacques Spiesser, Julie Moulier, Marie-Armelle Deguy
À Bruxelles, Antoine, la quarantaine un peu usée, est photographe sur commande. Il mène sa vie entre la bouteille et des réparties ironiquement désabusées. Il s'occupe également de Matéo, le petit garçon d'une voisine qu'il garde, fait travailler et qu'il éduque avec sa façon de voir la vie. Les notes de l'étude Révolutionnaire de Chopin à travers la cour lui font remarquer une étudiante dans un appartement en face. Un soir de 31 décembre, alors qu'il la suit au bout de son objectif, il la perd avant de la retrouver sur le toit à esquisser quelques pas de danse et qu'elle se jette dans la cour. Antoine prévient les secours et l'accompagne à l'hôpital : Elena n'a finalement que quelques fractures. Il découvre une personnalité idéaliste et exigeante. Leurs fêlures les font se rapprocher. Elena, qui a repris sa thèse sur l'archéologie égyptienne sous-marine, est également éducatrice dans un centre pour délinquantes. Leur relation, platonique, va les aider à retrouver une confiance en eux et éclaircir leurs vies respectives.
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.
The Head Vanishes (2016)
, 9minutesDirected by Franck Dion
Origin France
Genres Drama, Animation
Themes Medical-themed films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Une vieille dame, atteinte de démence, prend le train pour aller voir la mer.