Three Christs

(2017)

★ 6.7 IMDb · 156 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2017

Runtime: 109 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Jon Avnet

Cast: Ричард Гир, Питер Динклэйдж, Уолтон Гоггинс, Брэдли Уитфорд, Шарлотта Хоуп, Джулианна Маргулис, Кевин Поллак, Джеймс Монро Иглхарт, Стивен Рут, Джейн Александр

Plot

Dr. Alan Stone breaks new ground for treatment of the mentally ill through an experiment on three paranoid schizophrenic patients who believe they are Jesus Christ.

Three Christs tells the story of an extraordinary experiment that began in 1959 at Michigan's Ypsilanti State Hospital, where Dr. Alan Stone treated three paranoid schizophrenic patients who each believe they are Jesus Christ. Dr. Stone pioneers a simple, yet revolutionary treatment: instead of submitting the patients to electroshock, forced restraints and tranquilizers, he puts them in a room together to confront their delusions. What transpires is a darkly comic, intensely dramatic story about the nature of identity and the power of empathy.