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Loin d'eux-mêmes, loin des autres

2014 1 h 27 min
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Qu’advient-il des personnes atteintes de maladie mentale qui commettent des crimes violents? Où sont-elles gardées? Comment sont-elles traitées? Pendant 18 mois, le cinéaste gagnant de quatre prix Emmy John Kastner a obtenu un accès sans précédent à l’une de ces institutions médicolégales (autrefois appelées asiles pour criminels aliénés) : le Centre de santé mentale de Brockville. À travers ce long métrage documentaire, Kastner brosse le portrait de quatre patients — deux hommes et deux femmes — qui luttent pour prendre leur vie en main afin de réintégrer une société dans laquelle ils sont généralement craints et diabolisés.

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Loin d'eux-mêmes, loin des autres

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Qu’advient-il des personnes atteintes de maladie mentale qui commettent des crimes violents? Où sont-elles gardées? Comment sont-elles traitées? Pendant 18 mois, le cinéaste gagnant de quatre prix Emmy John Kastner a obtenu un accès sans précédent à l’une de ces institutions médicolégales (autrefois appelées asiles pour criminels aliénés) : le Centre de santé mentale de Brockville. À travers ce long métrage documentaire, Kastner brosse le portrait de quatre patients — deux hommes et deux femmes — qui luttent pour prendre leur vie en main afin de réintégrer une société dans laquelle ils sont généralement craints et diabolisés.

This work deals with mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised.
Psychology and Psychiatry Law and Crime Social Issues All subjects
  • producer
    John Kastner
    Deborah Parks
    Silva Basmajian
  • direction
    John Kastner
  • None
    John Kastner
    Jane Jankovic
    Nicole Rogers
    Geoff George
    Stephen Barden
    Niall Collins
    Patton Rodrigues
    Rebecca Pellet
  • executive producer
    Silva Basmajian
  • editing
    Michael Hannan
  • photography directing
    John Westheuser
    Derek Rogers
  • location sound
    Doug Kaye
  • original music
    Bruce Fowler
  • researcher
    Nicole Rogers
  • additional camera
    John Tran
  • additional sound
    Richard Nault
    Don Stewart
  • sound mixer
    Stephen Barden
  • dialog editing
    Ryan Ongara
  • violin
    Wendy Rose
    Angelique Toews
  • viola
    Kent Teeple
  • cello
    Emmanuelle Beaulieu Bergeron
  • double bass
    Neil Chapman
  • harp
    Heidi Van Hoesen Gorton
  • music recording
    Mike Duncan
  • online editing
    Andrew Mandziuk
  • graphics
    Mark Alberts
  • transcripts
    Chris Warren
  • production accountant
    Anne Sinclair
  • audit
    Steven Friedman
  • entertainment lawyer
    Gigi Morin
  • publicity
    Jennifer Mair
    David McCaughna
  • insurance
    Judy Heron
  • production supervisor
    Mark Wilson
  • centre administrator
    Josiah Rothenberg
  • production coordinator
    Rachel Punwassie
  • technical coordinator
    Marcus Matyas
  • marketing
    Leslie Stafford
  • independent production officer
    Linda Fong

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Ages 18+
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Health/Personal Development - Mental Health/Stress/Suicide Media Education - Documentary Film Social Studies - Social Policies and Programs

Ideal for essays and debates on the justice system and mental health. To what degree is society responsible for criminals with mental illness? How does your opinion of the subjects in this film change as you watch it? Is justice a matter of incarcerating people or rehabilitating them? Research the history of mental health and criminality. How have our perspectives changed over time? How does the filmmaker feel about this institution and its patients? How does he communicate this?

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