Söndrige Sondre (2004)

Directed by

Daniel Halasz

Genre

documentary film

Country

Sweden

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A filmmaker investigates whether his older brother who has schizophrenia is receiving proper care in a mental institution. He examines the forced medication and confinement his brother has endured for years. The documentary questions the mental health system's treatment of the brother.

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What happens

Söndrige Sondre (English title: Broken Brother) is a Swedish documentary film produced, written and directed by filmmaker Daniel Halasz. The film follows Sondre Kvevik, who got diagnosed with schizophrenia as a teenager, and spent almost his entire adult life locked up in a mental institution legally forced to take anti-psychotic drugs. In the documentary, filmmaker Daniel Halasz who is Sondre's little brother, investigates if the treatment Sondre receives is necessary, if the grounds for his incarceration are justified, and the effects anti-psychotic drugs has on his beloved and helpless brother. The film premiered at the Gothenburg International Film Festival in 2004. Shortly afterwards, it was purchased by Swedish TV Channel and public broadcaster SVT where it aired primetime on Saturday 20 November 2004. Directly after the TV broadcast, a panel of psychologists and psychiatrists had a live debate about Sondre's case and the Swedish mental health care system in general. The documentary was well received by both critics and the public. Its publicity eventually got Sondre's doctors to review his case and in 2006 he was released from the hospital and was no longer required to take any sort of medication. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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