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Head Against the Wall

Head Against the Wall

6,8 /10 (40 Votes)
1959 FR 95 min

Overview

An aimless young man is committed to a psychiatric hospital by his father in an attempt to cure him of his delinquent tendencies.

Release date

20/03/1959

Votes

40

Popularity

0.6

Genres

Status

Released

Original title

La Tête contre les murs

Language

FR

Runtime

95 min

Original Soundtrack

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John Chard

John Chard

2014-03-04

⭐ 9

But dreaming is a lie. La tête contre les murs (AKA: The Keepers/Head Against the Wall) is directed by Georges Franju and adapted to screenplay by Jean-Pierre Mocky from the book written by Herve Bazin. It stars Mocky, Pierre Brasseur, Paul Meurisse, Anouk Aimée, Charles Aznavour and Jean Galland. Music is by Maurice Jarre and cinematography by Eugen Schüfftan. François Gérane (Mocky) is seen as a loose cannon by his father and finds himself committed to a mental asylum. Within the walls he finds two doctors who have very different ideas on how to administer psychiatric care. Struggling …

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