The Typewriter and Other Headaches
The caregivers of a psychiatric institute in Paris visit mental health patients in their homes and help them fix the little problems that can make daily life feel insurmountable.
The Typewriter and Other Headaches is the third opus in Nicolas Philibert’s triptych on the Paris Central Psychiatric Group which was the object of 2023 Golden bear winner On the Adamant. The second film, At Averroes & Rosa Parks is premiering in this year’s Illuminate strand.
This third, shorter feature takes us into the homes of some of the On the Adamant and Averroes & Rosa Parks’ protagonists, during the visits led by their caregivers.
Together, the three films are a most illuminating picture of the complementary approaches that can make up a satisfying support of mental health, if well thought-out and budgeted. An ideal picture that budgetary pressures sadly threatens to render more and more rare.
This screening features a special message from the filmmaker for the Cork audience.