A Dangerous Method

A Dangerous Method (2011)

Genres - Drama, Thriller  |   Sub-Genres - Psychological Drama, Docudrama  |   Release Date - Nov 23, 2011 (USA - Limited)  |   Run Time - 100 min.  |   Countries - Canada, Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom, United States  |   MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Jason Buchanan

Viggo Mortensen and Michael Fassbender star in director David Cronenberg's adaptation of Christopher Hampton's play detailing the deteriorating relationship between Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. The year is 1904. Carl Jung (Fassbender), a disciple of Sigmund Freud (Mortensen), is using Freudian techniques to treat Russian-Jewish psychiatric patient Sabina Spielrein (Keira Knightley) at Burghölzli Mental Hospital. But the deeper Jung's relationship with Spielrein grows, the further the burgeoning psychiatrist and his highly respected mentor drift apart. As Jung struggles to help his patient overcome some pressing paternal issues, disturbed patient Otto Gross (Vincent Cassel) sets out to test the boundaries of the doctor's professional resolve. A Dangerous Method screened at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.

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Keywords

mentor, mistress, patient [medical], psychoanalysis, psychiatry

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High Artistic Quality