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Mental (2008)

Mental (2008)

Documentary
Release Date: 2008, June 13
Directors: Kazuhiro Soda
Countries: Japan
Production: Laboratory X

Overview:

MENTAL is a feature-length documentary that observes the complex world of an outpatient mental health clinic in Japan, interwoven with patients, doctors, staff, volunteers, and home-helpers, in cinema- verite style. The film breaks a major taboo against discussing mental illness prevalent in Japanese society, and captures the candid lives of people coping with suicidal tendencies, poverty, a sense of shame, apprehension, and fear of society.

Keywords:

mental health observational documentary