Three Christs (2017)

Three Christs follows Dr. Alan Stone who is treating three paranoid schizophrenic patients at the Ypsilanti State Hospital in Michigan, each of whom believed they were Jesus Christ. What transpires is both comic and deeply moving.

Director:

Jon Avnet

Writers:

Milton Rokeach (based on the book "The Three Christs of Ypsilanti" by), Eric Nazarian

Stars:

Richard Gere, Peter Dinklage, Walton Goggins

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Richard Gere	...	Dr. Stone
Peter Dinklage	...	Joseph
Walton Goggins	...	Leon
Bradley Whitford	...	Clyde
Charlotte Hope	...	Becky
Julianna Margulies	...	Ruth
Kevin Pollak	...	Dr. Orbus
James Monroe Iglehart	...	Benny
Stephen Root	...	Dr. Rogers
Jane Alexander	...	Dr. Abraham
Julian Acosta	...	Dr. Francisco
Danny Deferrari	...	Neil
Chris Bannow	...	Louis
Kathryn Leigh Scott	...	Victoria Rogers
Christina Scherer	...	Carolyn

Storyline

Three Christs tells the story of an extraordinary experiment that began in 1959 at Michigan's Ypsilanti State Hospital, where Dr. Alan Stone treated three paranoid schizophrenic patients who each believe they are Jesus Christ. Dr. Stone pioneers a simple, yet revolutionary treatment: instead of submitting the patients to electroshock, forced restraints and tranquilizers, he puts them in a room together to confront their delusions. What transpires is a darkly comic, intensely dramatic story about the nature of identity and the power of empathy.

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Plot Keywords:

based on true story | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for disturbing material, sexual content and brief drug use

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 January 2020 (USA)

Also Known As:

Three Christs

Filming Locations:

75 Vanderbilt Ave Staten Island, New York, USA

Box Office

Gross USA:

$36,723

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$36,723

Company Credits

Production Co:

Brooklyn Films, Highland Film Group (HFG), Narrative Capital

Technical Specs

Runtime:

109 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Originally a book length psychiatric case study from 1964.

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Connections

Featured in Conan: Walton Goggins/Fahim Anwar (2020)

User Reviews

The invisible line.

We convince ourselves that lines exist. We take pure abstraction for real absolutes. We have no way to base any thinking along its natural source. We reason as if it was real and as if it meant something. We do not connect ourselves to our feelings and we do not understand its expressions. We live in a world that we hardly can make sense of and defend the idea that it is truthful. Watch and listen closely to what is said and maybe it will not scare you that some things do not make sense.