Themes: Therapy, Mental Illness, Doctors and Patients
Main Cast: Bibi Andersson, Kathleen Quinlan, Ben Piazza, Martine Bartlett, Lorraine Gary, Darlene Craviotto
Release Year: 1977
Country: US
Run Time: 96 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Without ever revealing the diagnosis, this film chronicles the inner life and outer circumstances of Deborah Blake (Kathleen Quinlan), a young mental patient. As the film opens, she is being accompanied by her subdued parents to yet another mental hospital. This one looks clean and cheerful, at least. Her treatment is handled by Dr. Fried (Bibi Andersson), a very skillful therapist who gets past her deranged defenses and reveals that Deborah harbors some very violent fantasies about some of her relatives. The movie is based on the best-selling autobiographical novel by Joanne Greenberg. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
Jane Ruhm - Costume Designer, Anthony Page - Director, Garth Craven - Editor, Paul Chihara - Composer (Music Score), Toby Carr Rafelson - Production Designer, J. Michael Riva - Production Designer, Bruce Logan - Cinematographer, Daniel H. Blatt - Producer, Roger Corman - Producer, Michael Hausman - Producer, Edgar J. Scherick - Producer, Terence F. Deane - Producer, Toby Carr Rafelson - Set Designer, Art Names - Sound/Sound Designer, Lewis John Carlino - Screenwriter, Paul Chihara - Screenwriter, Gavin Lambert - Screenwriter, Joanne Greenberg - Book Author
