Critics Praise Cédric Kahn’s ‘A Place to Heal’ at Venice Film Festival
Filmmaker Cédric Kahn’s immersive documentary-style feature about a French adolescent psychiatric ward has drawn critical acclaim at the Venice Film Festival. Reviewers highlight its sensitive portrayal of youth mental health struggles.
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15/18 A Place to Heal review – heartfelt docu-realist study of a French teen psychiatric facility
Venice film festival Director Cédric Kahn combines compassion with coolly detailed forensic scrutiny in this genre-challenging film which puts a troubled love triangle at the centre of the story Veteran French director Cédric Kahn brings us a movie in a classic French vein: a docu-realist study of an institution, in this case a state psychiatric facility for teenagers between 15 and 18; with scenes in treatment suites, recreation areas, dorms and interview rooms. It’s something to compare per...
By Peter Bradshaw
Read full article →‘A Place to Heal’ Review: Cédric Kahn’s Rawly Sensitive Film Chronicles the Daily Tumult of an Adolescent Psychiatric Ward
“A Place to Heal” is an unduly sentimental English-language title title for French writer-director Cédric Kahn’s new feature, which goes internationally by the more prosaic (if outwardly cryptic) “15/18” — referring, simply, to the age bracket of the teenage residents in the psychiatric ward where most of the drama is confined. It’s a place to […]
By Guy Lodge
Read full article →‘A Place to Heal’ Review: An Intensely Performed French Teen Psych Ward Drama That Shifts Uneasily Between Reality and Fiction
Writer, director and actor Cédric Kahn immersed himself in a psychiatric facility for this Venice competition entry about a group of adolescents coping with emotional disorders.
By Jordan Mintzer
Read full article →Cédric Kahn Talks Exploration Of Youth Mental Health Issues In Venice Contender ‘A Place To Heal’ + Trailer: “There’s More Hope With Adolescents”
French director Cédric Kahn hits the Venice Film Festival’s this evening with Golden Lion contender A Place To Heal (15/18) set against the backdrop of an adolescent psychiatric ward. It promises to be one of this Venice’s most youthful red carpets as the director is joined by the dozen young actors at the heart of the […]
By Melanie Goodfellow
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