Day of the Idiots (1981)
Directed by Werner Schroeter
Genres - Drama, Culture & Society |
Release Date - Mar 26, 1982 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 110 min. |
Countries - Germany |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Eleanor Mannikka
In this non-story of the mentally and emotionally impaired inhabitants of a clinic for the insane, the medical profession along with humanity is distorted into a long, filmic exhibition of sado-masochism, urination, and ample nudity for its own sake. Critics that support the avant-garde might feel that the lack of apparent purpose in each "idiot's" (the title is "Day of the Idiots') physical and emotional problems is a form of high art. The viewers will have to decide for themselves.
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Keywords
mental-illness, mental-institution