Documentary. The quiet woods of the Lovar Valley surround the La Borde Clinic, a truly shelter where patients find refuge and rest. The patients and the staff rehearsed and prepared a play for their annual summer performance. This year, they performed the classic modernist, mythical work of the Opera, written by Witold Gombrowicz, whose conversation was more meaningless than the patient himself.

The power of change in the theatre...

On paper, a group of mentally handicapped people came to the countryside to rehearse for weeks to perform an opera might look like a noble purpose, provided that nothing happened.

That's your mistake. The documentary director, Nicolas Philibert, uses his camera to record and interact with the subject. He became "one of them" and thus had access to many private moments that conveyed a great deal of information.

Philibert is known for filming a wide screen of 35 mm documents, in which the country view and summer sunshine are perfectly captured. The "Operette" outdoor performance of Witold Gombrowicz captures the transformational power of clothing colour and makeup quality and of the theatre itself.

Producing teams have shown good results by patiently encouraging candidates to perform and rehearse music through various settings and by creating the sound effects of thunderstorm scenarios.

It must be seen for anyone with a mental illness or a professional connection with a hospital. It's a miracle to watch some people dance waltz from a semi-closed state.

If possible, watch this!

Never mention your health to the doctor...

Because he could enslave you.

This is the best movie I've seen this year. Patients in an experimental rural mental hospital are ready to perform their annual summer drama.

This time, they chose the opera of Witold Gombrowicz, a self-help, "de-orbiting", which should be supported by the background provided by the participants, and each performance will change its form and meaning; it can be described as a form tower game.

Now, this is a great device, not only because it provides patients with a picture of the absurdity of the organization and its image, but also shows them an artistic mirror reflecting it to make them more aware of their pathology.

I can't find enough words to express my admiration for the director Nicolas Philibert, who has a delicate and humane vision of integrating observers with observers.

Many of the patients shown in the documentary are the most kind, gentle and self-conscious souls you have ever seen. None of them is acting strangely and strangely, as you see in mainstream movies. These souls are lost, confused, exhausted and trapped in their own pattern, just as we and our neighbours. It's just that they've given up fighting... or could be forced by society to give up fighting. (The title of this paper is the only patient who gives advice to the audience.)

Strongly recommended.

PS：

La Borde, a psychoanalytic clinic, opened in 1953 near the town of Cour-Cheverny in the Lowell Valley, France. La Borde is still in operation and has become a model in the area of institutional psychotherapy, where citizens are actively involved in the management of facilities.

The clinic was founded by Jean Oury, who worked on experimental treatment at the St. Alban Psychiatric Hospital. This psychiatric facility draws on the idea of Herman Simon that it is necessary to focus on the institution and on every citizen, while returning the initiative and responsibility by developing circumstances that enable them to work and express their creativity. According to the Constitution written by Uri, Rabod was founded on three principles: democratic concentration, rotational division of labour and opposition to bureaucracy.

Since the mid-50s, Félix Guattari has worked in Labod and worked with Uri in a great deal of practical and theoretical work on psychoanalytic theories and practices, and published Anti-Odipus in 1972 in cooperation with the philosopher Gilles Deleuze.

There are many aspects of Laborde that deserve attention, including the tradition of "hosters" and employees performing dramas together every summer. The documentary director Nicolas Philibert produced a documentary entitled " Every little thing ", " La Moindre des choses ", which describes how citizens and employees staged the Witold Gombrowicz opera.

Documentary screening

Event: Lumpy's Day of the Little Show Fair

Time: 2023/4/1 (Saturday) 1900

Location: Beijing, Beijing, 200 metres from Gate C of the Tunnel Station (notify location after registration)

Equipment: HD-4k projector and seating table Rice

Cost: $15 (or take a painting of its own as a ticket)

Limited: 12

Registration: additional captain (p4theater03)