12 Days

France – 2017 – 87min – Color – 2.35 – Not Rated – Documentary

In French with English Subtitles

Synopsis

Short synopsis : A new documentary by legendary filmmaker-photographer Raymond Depardon – where justice and psychiatry meet.

Long synopsis : Every year in France, 92,000 people are placed under psychiatric care without their consent. By law, the hospital has 12 days to bring each patient before a judge. Based on medical records and a doctor’s recommendations, a crucial decision has to be made – will the patient stay or leave? 12 DAYS after which lives can change forever. Granted access to these hearings for the first time, celebrated filmmaker/photographer Raymond Depardon captures these extraordinary encounters between justice and psychiatry. Astonishing, enlightening – a film that gives a voice to those who have previously been voiceless.

Directed by

Raymond Depardon

CAST

CREW

Director Raymond Depardon 

Producers Les Films de la Palmeraie, Claudine Nougaret

REACTIONS

“Rarely, if only in Urgences or classics like Frederick Wiseman’s Titticut Follies or John Huston’s Let There Be Light, has a filmmaker been able to document madness in such a direct way ….” – Jordan Mintzer, Hollywood Reporter

“Should be shown on screens large and small wherever quality docs find a home.” – Screen International

This quietly riveting film deserves to be seen by wider audiences.” –The Hollywood Reporter

“QUIETLY POWERFUL!” – RogerEbert.com

AWARDS AND FEST

2017 – Festival de Cannes – Official Selection

Theaters

10/14/17 10/16/17 53rd Chicago International Film Festival Chicago
2/17/2018 2/25/2018 Portland International Film Center Portland OR
2/23/2018 3/3/2018 Cable Car Cinema Providence, RI
3/14/18 3/21/18 Northwest Film Forum Seattle, WA
3/16/18 3/22/18 ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES New York, NY
3/20/18 3/20/18 AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE Hollywood
3/23/18 THE PARKWAY Baltimore, MD
3/29/18 4/1/18 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts San Francisco, CA
3/30/18 4/5/18 Facets Cinémathèque Chicago
4/5/18 4/12/18 Wisconsin Film Festival Madison, WI
4/13/18 4/13/18 George Eastman Museum Rochester, NY
4/13/18 4/13/18 Wexner Film Center Columbus, OH


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