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Girl, Interrupted is a 1999 American biographical psychological drama film written and directed by James Mangold, from a screenplay by Mangold, Lisa Loomer, and Anna Hamilton Phelan, and based on the 1993 memoir of the same name by Susanna Kaysen.
Jan 14, 2000 · Based on a true story, the film follows Susanna, a teenager who is diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and sent to a mental institution. There, she befriends and clashes with other patients, such as Lisa, a sociopath, and Daisy, an anorexic.
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- Biography, Drama
- James Mangold
- 2000-01-14
Girl, Interrupted is a best-selling 1993 memoir by American author Susanna Kaysen, relating her experiences as a young woman in an American psychiatric hospital in the 1960s after being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.
An 18-year-old checks into a psychiatric hospital in the late 1960s and finds unexpected connections with the other women receiving treatment. Watch trailers & learn more.
A movie based on the memoir of Susanna Kaysen, a teenager who spent 18 months in a mental institution in 1967. She befriends and clashes with other patients, especially Lisa, a sociopath who manipulates and abuses her.
A film adaptation of Susanna Kaysen's memoir about her stay in a mental hospital in the 1960s. Critics and audiences are divided on its quality, but Angelina Jolie's performance as a fellow patient is praised.
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A drama based on a true story of a young woman's stay at a psychiatric hospital in the 1960s. Watch Winona Ryder, Whoopi Goldberg, Vanessa Redgrave and Angelina Jolie in this Oscar®-nominated film.
