My Beautiful Broken Brain (2016)

Directed by

Sophie Robinson, Lotje Sodderland

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 26m

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 67 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Filmmaker Lotje Sodderland documents her own recovery after a stroke robs her of language and basic cognitive functions. The film follows her struggles and small victories as she relearns how to communicate and adapt to a changed mind and brain.

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What happens

My Beautiful Broken Brain is a 2014 documentary film about the life of 34-year-old Lotje Sodderland after she suffered a hemorrhagic stroke as a result of a congenital vascular malformation in November 2011, initially experiencing aphasia, the complete loss of her ability to read, write, or speak coherently. David Lynch became an executive producer of the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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