One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

(1975)

★ 8.6 IMDb · 11,731 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1975

Runtime: 134 min

Country: United States of America

Director: Милош Форман

Cast: Джек Николсон, Брэд Дуриф, Луиза Флетчер, Дэнни Де Вито, Уильям Редфилд

Plot

A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.

McMurphy has a criminal past and has once again gotten himself into trouble and is sentenced by the court. To escape labor duties in prison, McMurphy pleads insanity and is sent to a ward for the mentally unstable. Once here, McMurphy both endures and stands witness to the abuse and degradation of the oppressive Nurse Ratched, who gains superiority and power through the flaws of the other inmates. McMurphy and the other inmates band together to make a rebellious stance against the atrocious Nurse.