Crack in the Head, Crack in the Sky

Documentary film by Mehran Tamadon

120 min / Documentary / 2026

Production : TS Productions / Alter Ego Production
In coproduction with BIP TV
Pre sale : Arte – La Lucarne
Distribution : Andana Films

With the enhanced development support and production support fromCiclic – Région Centre Val-de-Loire
With the development and enhanced development support from CNC – FAIA
With the development and production support from Fonds Images de la Diversité
With the development and production support from Procirep-Angoa

Eurimages Co-production Development Award – Visions du Réel 2024

In this psychiatric ward deep in the Parisian suburbs, I have spent the last 10 years meeting people with broken hearts and shattered minds, often filled with desires, delusions and anxieties. Together with them, I imagine—for the duration of a film—that they might take on tasks within the ward, should the staff ever be short-handed. Little by little, this crazy idea fades in the face of the abysses of their inner worlds… as much as in the face of the harsh reality of sedation and the isolation room, which seem to be the only solutions to a psychotic crisis when it strikes.

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