The Alienist (1970)

Original title

Azyllo Muito Louco

Directed by

Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Genre

comedy film

Country

Brazil

Runtime

1h 19m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A 1970 Brazilian comedy, the film follows a doctor who sets up a mental institution in a small town to study madness. His experiments blur the line between sanity and insanity, causing chaos among the townspeople.

whimsicalsatiricalplayfulthoughtfuloffbeatlightheartedabsurdmildly unsettling

What happens

The Alienist (Portuguese: Azyllo Muito Louco, also known as O Alienista) is a 1970 Brazilian comedy film directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos. The film was entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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