La devinière

La devinière

2000 · 90 min · ★ 9.0 · Documentary

On February 18, 1976, La Devinière, a place of institutional psychotherapy, opened its doors to 19 children deemed incurable refused by all. Neither common sense, nor psychiatry, nor pedagogy could admit them, recognize them.

Directed by Benoît Dervaux

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