Brain on Fire

(2017)

★ 7 IMDb · 1,441 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2017

Runtime: 89 мин

Country: Ireland, Canada

Director: Gerard Barrett

Cast: Хлоя Грейс Морец, Томас Манн, Ричард Армитидж, Кэрри-Энн Мосс, Дженни Слейт, Тайлер Перри, Алекс Захара, Jenn MacLean-Angus, Ken Tremblett, Навид Негабан

Plot

Susannah Cahalan, an up-and-coming journalist at the New York Post becomes plagued by voices in her head and seizures, causing a rapid descent into insanity.

The film follows the harrowing experience of a writer struggling with a rare neurological disease from when she first suffers symptoms to the many attempts at diagnosing it and the eventual discovery of the real cause of her illness. Based on the book, 'Brain On Fire', the true story of Susannah Cahalan, a journalist for the New York Post.