Head Against the Wall ( La tête contre les murs ) ( The Keepers )

Head Against the Wall (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: La tête contre les murs
Alternate Title: The Keepers
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
93 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White
Booklet
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1959 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Georges Franju

Written By:
Hervé Bazin
Jean-Pierre Mocky

Actors:
Pierre Brasseur ..... Dr. Varmont
Paul Meurisse ..... Dr. Emery
Jean-Pierre Mocky ..... François Gérane
Anouk Aimee ..... Stéphanie
Jean Galland ..... Maître Gérane
Jean Ozenne ..... Comte Elzéar de Chambrelle
Thomy Bourdelle ..... Colonel Donnadieu
Rudy Lenoir ..... Le planqué
Roger Legris ..... Decauville
Henri San Juan ..... Patron du billard
Edith Scob ..... La folle qui chante
René Alié ..... Un infirmier
Luc Andrieux ..... Le Noir
Doudou Babet
Claude Badolle

Synopsis:

An intense study of the clash between medical ideals, the first full-length work from Georges Franju (Les yeux sans visage, Judex) is a gripping examination of postwar psychiatric care, boasting a memorable cast including Pierre Brasseur, Anouk Aimée, Charles Aznavour, Paul Meurisse, and Jean-Pierre Mocky. Mocky plays François Gérane, an aimless young man whose delinquent tendencies cause his father to have him committed to a psychiatric ward. There, under the cold command of Dr. Varmont (Brasseur), he finds himself fighting for his dignity, sanity, and freedom, barely holding on through the new-found love of his girlfriend Stephanie (Aimée) and the promise of rival Dr. Emery's (Meurisse) more humane techniques. Compassionate yet unflinching, La Tête contre les murs is a bold precursor to the likes of Samuel Fuller's Shock Corridor and Milos Forman's One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, revealing Franju's poetic gift for creating images both concrete and evocative, and an ominous hint of the clinical horrors yet to come in Les yeux sans visage. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present the debut feature of a late-flowering, great filmmaker.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 12 October, 2009.

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