Man Facing Southeast

IMDb link: 0091214
IMDb rating: 7.6 (4,977 votes)
Genres: Sci-Fi, Drama, Mystery
Director: Eliseo Subiela
Cast: Lorenzo Quinteros, Hugo Soto, Ines Vernengo, Cristina Scaramuzza and others

Release date: 13 Mar 1987
Release year: 1986
Runtime: 105 minutes
Country: Argentina
Keywords: organ, circus, zoo, man wears eyeglasses, tragic event, awakening, psychiatrist, psychiatric hospital, torn photograph, conductor's baton

Plot:

A new patient mysteriously appears in a psychiatric ward. He claims to come from another planet to study humans and their behavior. The alien is gentle but criticizes humans for their harsh treatment of each other. The assigned psychiatrist is himself unhappy, and affected by the patient's insight. But he is ordered to treat the patient according to institutional procedure.

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