The protagonist, who is treated at a mental health facility, carries out the vivisection of the psychiatric care system. Physicians do not have enough time to get to know and understand their patients. They formulate easy-to-classify diagnoses, prescribe pills and ‘normal’ life, such as work, family and stabilisation. The main character is trying to escape this reality by listening to interesting discussions on mental illnesses conducted by people with bird heads. The film provides a sad review of the healthcare system in which a diagnosis is for doctors, while for patients it signifies stigmatisation and the treatment of symptoms, not looking for causes.
Dorota (dorotes) Skupniewicz
Filmmaker based in Belfast (Northern Ireland). Grown up during start of brutal capitalism in Poland, after systematic change in her country. This strongly affected her view of the World and the Art. Most of her life focused on activism connected with Human Rights and the Earth. Graduated Animation faculty on the University of Arts in Poznań. Connected with organisation IDHA NYC.
Director: Dorota Skupniewicz
Język: Polish
Subtitles: English
