Girl, Interrupted

Girl, Interrupted (1999)

1999-12-21 · 127 min · Rating 7.60/10 (4105 votes)

Sometimes the only way to stay sane is to go a little crazy.

Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line between normal and crazy. Susanna soon realizes how hard it is to get out once she has been committed, and she ultimately has to choose between the world of people who belong inside or the difficult world of reality outside.

Drama

Keywords

1960s based on memoir or autobiography based on novel or book based on true story borderline personality disorder compassionate escape female friendship female protagonist gentle identity insanity introspective medical drama meditative mental illness mental institution psychiatric hospital psychiatric ward psychiatrist suicide attempt