Year: 2022
Country: France, Japan
Director: Nicolas Philibert
Genre: documentary
Runtime: 109 min.
Age: 18+
Follows patients and caregivers at a psychiatric centre with a unique floating structure located in the middle of the Seine river in central Paris
The Adamant is a unique day care centre : it is a floating structure. Located on the Seine in the heart of Paris, it welcomes adults suffering from mental disorders, offering them care that grounds them in time and space, and helps them to recover or keep up their spirits. The team running it is one of those that try to resist the deterioration and dehumanization of psychiatry as best it can. The film invites us to board it and meet the patients and caregivers who invent its life day to day.
Awards & Festivals:
Berlin International Film Festival - Golden Berlin Bear (Best Film)
César Awards, Nominee - Best Documentary Film
Lumiere Awards, Nominee - Best Documentary
European Film Awards, Nominee - European Documentary
El Gouna Film Festival - Bronze Star (Feature Documentary Competition)
Silk Road International Film Festival China - Best Documentary
Bastia Mediterranean Film Festival - Prix de la Thématique
Athens International Film Festival - participation