The Mountain
Drama
1950s America. Since his mother‘s confinement to an institution, Andy has lived in the shadow of his stoic father. A family acquaintance, Dr. Wallace Fiennes, employs the introverted young man as a photographer to document an asylum tour advocating for his increasingly controversial lobotomy procedure.
VIBE
A stark, quiet descent into the chilling realities of mid-century mental healthcare. It feels like a cold, clinical examination of despair, punctuated by moments of profound unease and lingering sadness.
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cult leadermental asylumlobotomyelectric shock therapy1950s
