I just watched this film on Netflix... I have worked for years with psychiatric patients & have seen the side effects of antipsychotics (the tremors, jaw shaking, drooling etc.) Even my patients that are highly psychotic that take large doses do not have to be as heavily medicated (snowed over) as this poor girls is. Throughout the film, she is constantly very heavily medicated causing SEVERE side effects. I just don't see the need for her to be on these high doses! I'm so sad for her!
She has autism. The rest of what the analyst said was Freudian BS (France is one of the last countries where Freudians still have anything to do with the "treatment" of people with autism--as she makes clear in her statement, the analyst believes that Sabine's autism is a choice). It is obvious she was harmed during her five years of institutionalisation--symptoms typical of being on anti-psychotic drugs at high doses.She now locks herself in at night so other bad things may have happened there.
one of the most important parts of this film was where Thomas' mother talks about the effects of the psych drugs. she had an experience of what he goes through when she had accidentally taken his pill. she slept for one full day on half the dose plus other severe side effects like compulsively sweeping all day and watching tv but not being able to understand what was happening.
i hope there are more advancements in the treatments for these type of disabilities ... these people truly touched me! it is easy to distance yourself and be ignorant but if u pay attention u can really find so much beauty. sabina played the piano so well and she has many many talents! thanks for making this film
Yes, the whole film was very moving. But it wasn't entirely clear to me what Sabine actually suffers from. I think it was described as a combination of 'psycho-infantilism' and autism, but I'm not sure the former is a real condition. There is certainly something infantile about her now, but one wouldn't necessarily conclude that from the clip of her from earlier in her life.
At the end of the doc Sabine watched the footage of her and her sister in America (from when they were younger) Sabine started crying and said something like she was crying tears of joy.
I just watched this film on Netflix... I have worked for years with psychiatric patients & have seen the side effects of antipsychotics (the tremors, jaw shaking, drooling etc.) Even my patients that are highly psychotic that take large doses do not have to be as heavily medicated (snowed over) as this poor girls is. Throughout the film, she is constantly very heavily medicated causing SEVERE side effects. I just don't see the need for her to be on these high doses! I'm so sad for her!
holymackerel013 1 month ago
She has autism. The rest of what the analyst said was Freudian BS (France is one of the last countries where Freudians still have anything to do with the "treatment" of people with autism--as she makes clear in her statement, the analyst believes that Sabine's autism is a choice). It is obvious she was harmed during her five years of institutionalisation--symptoms typical of being on anti-psychotic drugs at high doses.She now locks herself in at night so other bad things may have happened there.
mitziwaltz 2 years ago
Haunting film avail. Netflix.
giacblanc 3 years ago
one of the most important parts of this film was where Thomas' mother talks about the effects of the psych drugs. she had an experience of what he goes through when she had accidentally taken his pill. she slept for one full day on half the dose plus other severe side effects like compulsively sweeping all day and watching tv but not being able to understand what was happening.
quinty88 3 years ago
i hope there are more advancements in the treatments for these type of disabilities ... these people truly touched me! it is easy to distance yourself and be ignorant but if u pay attention u can really find so much beauty. sabina played the piano so well and she has many many talents! thanks for making this film
quinty88 3 years ago
I hope she gets to go back to America one day. I think it would make her very happy.
SecretTheatre 3 years ago
Yes, the whole film was very moving. But it wasn't entirely clear to me what Sabine actually suffers from. I think it was described as a combination of 'psycho-infantilism' and autism, but I'm not sure the former is a real condition. There is certainly something infantile about her now, but one wouldn't necessarily conclude that from the clip of her from earlier in her life.
SecretTheatre 3 years ago
At the end of the doc Sabine watched the footage of her and her sister in America (from when they were younger) Sabine started crying and said something like she was crying tears of joy.
Very moving.
KorbutFan 3 years ago
I only saw some of the docu, what actually happend to Sabine? She looked ok in videos taken in her early ife.
KingOfChaos213 3 years ago