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30 October 1996 (France) more
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The story of a Parisian psychiatrist (Auteuil) who is treating a patient who confesses to having killed his wife... more | add synopsis
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Incisive study of psychoanalysis and its dynamics more (2 total)

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Daniel Auteuil ... Antoine Rivière
Patrick Timsit ... Edouard Berg
Anne Parillaud ... Isabelle
Michèle Laroque ... Florence
Marianne Denicourt ... Nathalie
Clotilde de Bayser ... Hélène
Jean-Michel Noirey ... Guérin
Marc Berman ... Montagner
Anne-Marie Philipe ... Rosine
Marc Chouppart ... Davenne
Florence Viala ... Nina

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Pierre Amzallag
Anthony Decadi ... Charles
Thierry de Carbonnières
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Also Known As:
Death in Therapy
Neutralité malveillante (France) (working title)
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105 min
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8 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Incisive study of psychoanalysis and its dynamics, 11 July 2000
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Author: Gerard Newham (keltic@zip.com.au) from Sydney, Australia

'Death in Therapy' is a rather engaging thriller in which a psychoanalyst, Dr Riviere, is drawn into an uncertain world of danger and violence as he attempts to determine whether his patient, Berg, is telling the truth when he announces in therapy that he murdered his wife and got away with it.

The narrative belies an understanding that the "patient" is not merely a passive object of analysis, but an actively engaged subject, and in the process of demonstrating the amount of control that Berg is able to exert over his analyst 'Death in Therapy' also makes some pointed observations with regards to the largely classificatory nature of psychiatry and its "professional detachment". To some extent, this point is underlined by Berg himself; in contrast, Riviere's other patients are seen as dull, neurotic, even comedic for Riviere.

An interesting film which raises many pertinent questions.

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