The Voorman Problem (2013)

Directed by

Mark Gill

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

13 min

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A prison psychiatrist interviews a new inmate who claims he is a god. The psychiatrist tries to understand the man's delusion.

whimsicalpensiveunderstatedbriskplayfulquirkywry

What happens

The Voorman Problem is a 2011 British short film directed by Mark Gill, who also co-wrote the screenplay and edited the film with producer Baldwin Li, who also wrote the score. It is adapted from "Panopticon", a film within a story from the 2001 novel number9dream by David Mitchell, with Martin Freeman starring as a prison psychiatrist, and Tom Hollander as his patient. The film premiered at the 2011 Warsaw Film Festival. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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