In Madness We Believe

In Madness We Believe

2009 · 4 min · ★ 6.0 · Documentary

Chamber Opera on Anna Odell's art project "Unknown Woman 2009-349701". The action begins on the opera stage. Followed by a film of the recorded 'psychosis' and police intervention at Liljeholmsbron, Stockholm, Sweden. St. Görans Hospital, the Emergency Room - a still image on a belt bed with a sound recording when Anna Odell reveals to the nurse that it was all fake.

Directed by Lars Vilks · Written by Anna Odell

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Anna Odell The victim
Ernst Salamon

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