Based on a short story Room number 6 by Chekhov. A doctor taking particular interest in his mental health patients ends up institutionalized himself.
Acting
Guskov's unraveling is quietly devastating.
Direction
Serebrennikov's suffocating asylum atmosphere.
Director
Kirill Serebrennikov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chekhov's original 1892 story was banned in Soviet Russia for its critique of institutional medicine; Serebrennikov's adaptation arrived as post-Soviet healthcare collapsed.
Serebrennikov filmed in an actual working psychiatric hospital, with some patients appearing as extras—Guskov reportedly refused to break character between takes.
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