Psyket!

Jan 31, 2016

0h 30m

★ 0.0

Overview

"Bedlam!" - a reconstruction of Moa Junström's summer in a closed psychiatric ward. Based on diary notes, the film mixes documentary images from inside the psyche with text messages and reconstructions of events. After being slowly broken down by a boyfriend working in the same dementia department as Moa, the situation becomes so desperate that relatives feel compelled to contact inpatient care.

Genres

Drama

Documentary

Production Companies

Firma Moa Junström

Star-Rats Produktion

Svenska Filminstitutet

Filmbasen Film

Psyket! Trailers

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Cast

Moa/Narrator

Moa Junström

Physician

Scott Ritcher

Narrator (medical journals)

Petter Fredriksson

Moa's brother

Simon Junström

Noel

Tomáz Sanchez Romani

Mattias

Fredrik Carlsson

Maria

Karin Weywadt

Lovisa

Sanna Persson Sannerholm

Marianne

Gun Jerverius

Eva

Lena Karlsson

Ben

Ragnar Schön

Psychotic girl

Anna Belstock

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