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Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)
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Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.
Style: serious, emotional, realistic, psychological, captivating, sincere, uplifting, touching
Audience: teens, girls' night, adult
Plot: mental illness, schizophrenia, family relations, human spirit, family problems, mental disorder, psychology, strong female presence, hopes, rape, depression, bipolar disorder, psychiatry, funeral, debate, family dinner, depressed woman, court hearing, flashback, stand up comedian, post traumatic stress disorder, lifetime, female director
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa

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Like Dandelion Dust (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Paper Covers Rock (2008)
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Touched with Fire (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Carla and Marco are manic-depressive poets whose art is fueled by their emotional extremes. When they go off their meds, they end up in the same psychiatric hospital. As the chemistry between them stirs up their emotions, it intensifies their mania. ...
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Place: usa, new york
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Canvas (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A woman's schizophrenia affects her relationships with her husband and son.
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Waking Madison (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A woman suffering from multiple personality disorder tries to piece back together her life.
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Firelight (2012)
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Duration: 96 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
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Place: usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
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Duration: 120 min.
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America (2009)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 89 min.
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Duration: 83 min.
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