Man Facing Southeast
Somewhere Between The Insane And The Unreal Lies The Mystery Of The Man Facing Southeast.
Directed by Eliseo Subiela
Produced by Cine-Qua-Non
A philosophical mystery about an enigmatic stranger in a psychiatric hospital who challenges institutional authority and human cruelty through gentle wisdom and ambiguous origins.
A new patient mysteriously appears in a psychiatric ward. He claims to come from another planet to study humans and their behavior. The alien is gentle but criticizes humans for their harsh treatment of each other. The assigned psychiatrist is himself unhappy, and affected by the patient's insight. But he is ordered to treat the patient according to institutional procedure.
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