11 Mar 2020
Mild Madness, Lasting Lunacy
This walk in the daily life of several psychiatric institutions, allows us to meet extraordinary people who let us enter their privacy.
Three Approaches to Psychotherapy
An actual patient, Gloria Szymanski, allowed herself to be filmed while engaged in therapy with three different therapists, distinguished by their different orientations but sharing their therapeutic endeavors. Poster illustration by Kati Szilágyi.
Top Billed Cast
Gloria Szymanski Self (the patient)
Carl Rogers Self
Frederick Perls Self
Albert Ellis Self
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