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1) Persona
Language
Swedish
Appears on list
Description
A famous actress is stricken with psychosomatic dumbness and is placed under a nurse's care in an isolated house, where the two gradually assume each other's personalities.
2) Love & mercy
Language
English
Description
An unconventional portrait of Brian Wilson, the mercurial singer, songwriter and leader of The Beach Boys. Set against the era defining catalog of Wilson's music, the film intimately examines the personal voyage and ultimate salvation of the icon whose success came at extraordinary personal cost.
Language
English
Description
Catherine has entered a particularly dark period in her life: her father, a famous artist, has recently died, and on the heels of his death she's dumped by her boyfriend James. Looking to recuperate, Catherine heads out to her best friend Virginia's lake house for some much needed relaxation. Tranquility eludes her, however, as she's instantly overcome with memories of time spent at the same house with James the year before.
5) Repulsion
Language
English
Description
Carol is a fragile, frigid young Belgian beauty cracking up over the course of a terrifying weekend. Left alone by her vacationing sister in their London flat, she finds herself haunted by specters, real and imagined, as her insanity grows to a violent pitch.
7) Soul mate
Language
Persian
Description
Behrouz is a man who has recently been released from an asylum after suffering several bouts of madness. When Behrouz accidentally meets Shirin, they impulsively decide to get married and a series of life adventures begins for the odd couple.
Language
English
Description
After a year a young woman emerges from a mental hospital where she has been committed by her husband. When her former 'delusions' seem close to the truth she begins to lose her mind. This film demonstrates how effectively melodrama can both override and simplify the implications of the social issues involved (in this case society's attitude to mental illness) when focused on a strong central performance, one of Simmons' best. While most 'social issue'...
Language
Persian
Description
Reza is a well-meaning young man who suffers from mental problems. Whiling away the hours working in a bridal shop, Reza finds it difficult to make friends in the human world, so he divides his time between talking to the mannequins in the shop and communicating with his dead mother, whom he visits every day in the local cemetery. Reza's life is irrevocably changed when he falls hopelessly in love with a bride-to-be who visits the shop.