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The rejected

Feb 1, 1982
1h 10m
★ 8.0

Overview

A documentary, divided into "chapters", about the life of the inmates of the asylum on Leros. From the point of view that the mentally ill are victims of social oppression, the film turns a harsh light on the psychiatric system and offers pointed criticism of the policies that produce such inhuman conditions.

Genres

Documentary

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Cast

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Narrator

Kostas Kastanas

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