A girl suffering from depression is forced to get her life together when she is taken involuntarily to a mental institution after trying to follow in her fathers footsteps, but failing in her suicide attempt. She finds unlikely friends, unwavering love, and a life she never imagined possible for a girl like her. All to find out some decisions can't be undone.
Acting
Crocker's dual role as actor-director bleeds raw authenticity.
Direction
Crocker refuses to sanitize institutionalization's grind.
Director
Nadine Crocker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of few films depicting 5150 holds from the patient's interiority, not spectacle.
Crocker based Dean on her own institutionalization; Dale Dickey's Nurse Love was her actual nurse's name.
US
