2017 · drama
Three Christs
Directed by Jon Avnet1h 57m2017
Dr. Alan Stone breaks new ground for treatment of the mentally ill through an experiment on three paranoid schizophrenic patients who believe they are Jesus Christ.
Our read: Three Christs (2017) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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