Scene from the film The Clinic
Scene from the film The Clinic
Scene from the film The Clinic
Scene from the film The Clinic
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The Clinic

Direction
Year 
2023
Country
  • Taiwan
  • Myanmar [Burma]
Duration
87min 
Audio Tracks 
Subtitles 

In a Yangon clinic, patients with mental disorders find solace under an artist couple's care. The duo, blending medicine and art, helps patients express their struggles creatively. The husband, a physician, contemplates a film reflecting the clinic's reality but fears consequences. The wife, a psychiatrist, grapples with her own need for healing while treating others.

'This is a country where the civil war has not only been going on for seven decades but continues till today. This is a poor society in which the basic needs of thirty million people are never met. If we apply a broader definition of "psychiatric disorders" to the population, more than half of them have mental or psychological problems. But this film is not about "psychiatric patients" nor "psychiatric clinics." It tries to testify and document the chaotic phase the country is going through. Most people try to make themselves sleep better; having lost their freedom in this crazy and cruel life, they struggle to carry on with the help of the injections that help them sleep.' - Midi Z

Details

  • Original title
    The Clinic
  • Direction
  • Screenplay
    Midi Z, WU Ke-xi
  • DOP
    Peter PAN
  • Editing
    Midi Z, WU Ke-xi
  • Music
    LIM Giong
  • Sound
    CHOU Cheng
  • Duration
    87 min (46-90 min.)
  • Year
    2023
  • Country
    • Taiwan
    • Myanmar [Burma]
  • Colour
    • Colour
  • Awards
    • Grand Prize of TIDF Visionary Award, 2024 TIDF

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