Don’t Get Me Wrong

General Information

Original Title
Nu te supara, dar…
Author/Creator
Pintilie, Adina, director.
Language
Romanian.
Subtitles
English
Published
Romania : Nutu, Dan, 2007.
Physical Description
DVD-ROM (50 min.)
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00003180

Contents/Summary

Summary
"How do you stop the rain?" one of the patients in a psychiatric hospital in Romania repeatedly asks his discussion partner. The latter explains that he is in close touch with God and that he is a supernatural being. But his inquiring friend is not easily convinced. Both men suffer from schizophrenia and spend their days in the clinic endlessly repeating the same discussions. Other patients keep themselves busy by compulsively moving pebbles, staring at liquid projections on the wall, or patiently caring for fellow patients. Without comment, the camera registers everything, pausing at the details: water dripping from the shower head in the bare white-tiled bathroom, a drainpipe attached to the outer wall, the reflection of the air in the puddles in the concrete courtyard. Days go by filled with routine and endless conversations about life, death, God, and the weather forecast. What is divine and what is not? Who brings and who stops the rain? What is normal and what is not? In a contemplative and refined way the film follows the daily life of a community that shows profound humaneness in an inhuman setting.

Subjects

Genre
Documentary films

Bibliographic Information

Title Translation
Don’t Get Me Wrong
Note
Verzio Film Festival Submission
Library Special Collection
Verzio Film Festival Submission

Holdings

Item Type Current Location Call Number Status Shelving Location Public Note
DVD-ROMOSA Film LibraryFL Record 1547Available--
Digital filmOSA Film LibraryFL Record 1547
(HU_OSA_00003180.mp4)
AvailableAccess Copy, MP4 format