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Urgences (1987)

Urgences poster
Directed by
Raymond Depardon
Genre
documentary film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 45m
Rated
U
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 18 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary follows patients and staff in a Paris psychiatric emergency ward during moments of crisis. Raymond Depardon captures the raw and unfiltered expressions of mental distress without judgment or sensationalism.

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What happens

Urgences est un documentaire français de Raymond Depardon sorti en 1988 tourné aux urgences psychiatriques de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Paris. Huit ans après avoir filmé l'asile psychiatrique de San Clemente en Italie. Depardon filme dans Urgences, lors de moments de crises, un tout autre visage de la folie, plus brutale, extravertie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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