It’s a quietly devastating film.
12 Days(12 jours)
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France · 2017
1h 27m
Director Raymond Depardon
Starring
Genre Documentary
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Filmmaker and photographer Raymond Depardon, follows a group of patients living inside a Lyon, France psychiatric hospital and their harrowing days in court. Through candid interviews, Depardon documents honest and unflinching experiences of people living within and between France's mental healthcare system.
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Village Voice by Alan Scherstuhl
At times unbearably intimate, even invasive, the photographer-documentarian Raymond Depardon’s 12 Days is the kind of film you might wonder, as you watch, whether you should be watching. I’m glad I did, and I can’t discount the empathy that this study of mental illness and bureaucratic practice stirs or the understanding it crystallizes.
Slant Magazine by Diego Semerene
With a tender and respectful gaze, 12 DAYS (@distribfilmsus) sheds light on the relationship between the French state and the mentally ill.
The Hollywood Reporter by Jordan Mintzer
By keeping the camera focused on the faces of patients and judges alike, Depardon — working again with sound recordist and producer Claudine Nougaret — reveals shreds of humanity, and even moments of hilarity, in these closed-door sessions.
Screen International by Lisa Nesselson
None of the interactions come across as a sham or an empty formality. Patients are treated with respect, at least in the hearings room.... There’s also genuine and inadvertent humor in the midst of sadness and administrative formalities.
The New York Times by Manohla Dargis
[A] lucid, focused and adamant documentary.
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