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Lucid (2005)

Lucid poster
Directed by
Sean Garrity
Genre
drama film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 32m
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A psychotherapist with insomnia struggles to manage his own failing marriage and career troubles. He treats three patients with posttraumatic stress disorder while trying to make sense of his own life.

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What happens

Lucid is a 2005 Canadian film written and directed by Sean Garrity. The film centers on Joel Rothman (Jonas Chernick), a man who is suffering from insomnia after having massive problems in his personal life including a separation and being targeted by his boss. As a psychotherapist he is assigned three patients suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder. He must treat them to figure out his own life. It won the award for Best Western Canadian Film at the Vancouver International Film Festival in 2005. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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