Inmates at a women's mental asylum stage a theatrical production of Herman Melville's 'Moby Dick.'
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Title: The Mad Whale (2017)
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| Credited cast: | |||
| James Franco | |||
| Camilla Belle | ... | Isabel Wallace | |
| Michael Weston | ... | Tobias | |
| Dominic Rains | ... | Dr. Benjamin Calhoun | |
| Summer Phoenix | ... | Beatrice Price | |
| Carmen Argenziano | ... | Dr. Withers | |
| Kai Lennox | ... | The Chairman | |
| Alan Bagh | ... | John / Orderly | |
| Alison Lees-Taylor | ... | Mary | |
| Deneen Melody | ... | Asylum Dancer | |
| Summer Moore | ... | Insane Patient | |
| Jacquie Barnbrook | ... | Helga | |
| Benjamin Hardy | ... | Theater Patron | |
| Lauren Elyse Buckley | ... | Mental Asylum Inmate | |
| Sami Nye | ... | Asylum Girl | |
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The film takes place in the late nineteenth century. Benjamin Calhoun is a doctor at a psychiatric clinic who observes that standard treatments do not help his patients. Ice therapy, leeches and isolation do not give a positive result, and he decides to come up with a new way to help the sick. So the doctor begins staging the play "Moby Dick" in the women's department. One of the roles is received by his patient Isabelle Wallace. She is the wife of a senior official and claims to be completely healthy. According to the woman, she is in this medical institution on the orders of her husband. Written by Peter-Patrick76 (peter-patrick@mail.com)
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An outstanding movie that you cannot pull yourself away from, so get your soda & snacks before you start. I loved it so much I watched it twice, in the same night.