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Trust Me
2024
Animation and live-action intertwine in this bold, hybrid documentary about bipolar disorder.
- Melanie Cura Daball
- 19m
- May 1, 2024
Overview
Animated short documentary following a young woman's diagnosis of bipolar: a journey of self-acceptance to challenge everyday stigma. In "Trust Me", a genre-bending short documentary, a young woman uses humour and compassion to share her moving and deeply personal story of coming to terms with her mental health condition. When she starts exhibiting atypical and extreme behaviour, her loved ones trick her into hospitalisation against her will. She is diagnosed with bipolar disorder which starts her challenging journey of self-acceptance, confronting internalised and societal stigma, and learning to trust herself and others again.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 1, 2024
- Original language
- English
- Production
- Doc Society,Just Be Nice Studios
- Cast
- Franciska Steiner,Anne Chataigné,Nadia Forde,Pamela Hall,Akaash Shemar,Nicole Schretlen Montes,Harry J. Bartlett
- Director
- Melanie Cura Daball
- Cinematography
- Natalja Safronova
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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