About the film
Dr Ragin used to be the head doctor at a provincial psychiatric hospital. Now he is locked inside it. How did a sane, respected man cross the line?
Told like a documentary, through interviews with colleagues, relatives and patients, the film moves Chekhov's famous story into modern Russia. Ragin's conversations with Gromov, a patient with persecution mania, slowly change him.
An unusual and thought-provoking film that asks how clear the line between sanity and madness really is.
Did you know?
- It was Russia's official submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
- Chekhov, who was a doctor himself, published the story in 1892.
