A psychiatrist chasing five escaped patients up a mountain? What could possibly go RIGHT?
A troubled psychiatrist goes in search of five schizophrenics who have escaped from a local mental institution. Infiltrating their makeshift mountain outpost, the doctor comes face to face with his own fears, limitations, and forsaken hopes as he becomes acquainted with the patients and their humorously poignant struggles.
Writing
Dialogue that walks the tightrope of tragicomedy
Acting
Non-professional cast brings raw, unsettling authenticity
Director
Thomas Russell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Utah with a largely local cast, many of whom had no prior acting experience. Director Thomas Russell never made another feature.
Part of a micro-trend of mid-2000s 'holy fool' indie films where mentally ill characters exist to teach neurotypical protagonists spiritual lessons — this one at least interrogates that dynamic.
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