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David and Lisa is a 1962 American drama film about two young people with mental illnesses in a residential treatment center. The film was based on a novella by Theodore Isaac Rubin and adapted into a stage play and a TV movie.
A teenage boy with a fear of touching others and a girl with multiple personalities form a bond in a mental institution. The film, directed by Frank Perry and based on a novel by Theodore Isaac Rubin, was nominated for two Oscars.
- (3.4K)
- Drama
- Frank Perry
- 1963-09-09
Jul 15, 2021 · David and Lisa - 1962 The emotional story of a young man in a mental institution for teens who begins to understand his psychosis in the environment of others with mental and emotional problems. He finds intimacy with Lisa, a young woman suffering from schizophrenia.
Perturbed, David's overbearing mother places him in a home for mentally disturbed young people, but David remains withdrawn from the other patients and his psychiatrist.
- (13)
- Keir Dullea
- Frank Perry
- Vision Associates Productions
A teenage boy with a fear of human touch and a recurring nightmare of decapitating people is sent to a school for mentally disturbed youth. There, he meets Lisa, a girl with dissociative identity disorder, and they form a bond.
"David and Lisa" (1962) is a poignant psychological drama that delves into the deep, complex emotions of two teenagers grappling with mental illness. Directe...
- 35 sec
- Twisted Dos
David Clemens is an emotionally disturbed adolescent who lives in constant terror of being touched. When his mother places him in a home for disturbed youngsters, he rejects both the other children and his psychiatrist, Alan Swinford.
