12 Days (2017)

Name: 12 Days
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2017-11-29
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 7.1

12 Days (2017), directed by Raymond Depardon.

11/29/2017 BR Documentary 1h 27m

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Synopsis

A new documentary by filmmaker-photographer Raymond Depardon – where justice and psychiatry meet.

Raymond DepardonDirector
Simon JacquetEditing
Claudine NougaretProducer
Alexandre DesplatOriginal music

About the film

12 Days (French: 12 Jours) is a 2017 French documentary film directed by Raymond Depardon. It premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival and received very positive reviews.

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12 Days (French: 12 Jours) is a 2017 French documentary film directed by Raymond Depardon. It premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival and received very positive reviews.

Synopsis

Filmed at the Centre hospitalier Le Vinatier in Bron near to Lyon, the title derives from a French law that states that patients who are involuntarily committed to a psychiatric institution must have their case reviewed by a judge within 12 days of their committal.

Reception

12 Days received a 95% score on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 23 reviews. In The Guardian, Wendy Ide wrote "The extraordinary level of access and intimacy begs the question, if someone is not deemed fit to leave a psychiatric ward, can they really agree to participation in a documentary? [...] However empathetic the approach and honourable the intent, questions of consent and the spectre of exploitation lurk at the edge of the frame. Moral questions notwithstanding, this is a remarkable piece of work," and gave it four stars out of five.

12 Days was nominated for the César Award for Best Documentary Film at the 43rd César Awards.

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12 Days at IMDb

12 Days at Rotten Tomatoes

Text from 12 Days (film) on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Days_(film)

Trivia

It premiered on November 29, 2017, a Wednesday.
It runs 1h27 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "12 jours".
This film's quiz has 9 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.