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Filmmaker Peter Robinson chronicles Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing's revolutionary therapy for schizophrenics in this 1971 documentary. In the 1950s...(read more...) , Laing set up a series of "safe houses" where schizophrenics could live communally and free of medication in a nurturing environment. Robinson recorded his seven-week stay at a London "safe house," effectively humanizing the face of madness and setting a standard for cinema verité filmmaking.

Director: David Mackenzie, Peter Robinson

MPAA: R

Running Time: 1 hr. 30 min.

Release Date: Dec 31, 1972

Cast: Hugh Bonneville, Ian McKellen, Marton Csokas, Natasha Richardson, R. D. Laing, Sean Harris