Directed by:
János SzászScreenplay:
János SzászCinematography:
Tibor MáthéComposer:
Jóhann JóhannssonCast:
Ulrich Thomsen, Áron Mátyássy, Kirsti Stubø, Marian Saastad Ottesen, Zsolt László, Kata Fekete, Adrienn Molnár, Júlia SándorPlots(1)
Set in a Hungarian mental institution in 1900, this dark and intense drama follows a dangerous affair between Jozsef Brenner (Ulrich Thomsen), a morphine-addicted physician, and Gizella Klein (Kirsti Stubo), his profoundly disturbed patient. Brenner, who struggles with writer's block, is drawn to his deranged patient because she has the opposite problem: she cannot stop writing for a moment. While at first his interest is professional, it soon turns into a personal obsession that cannot easily be exorcised. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Ulrich Thomsen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/285/161285925_2b18c2.jpg)
Ulrich Thomsen
Denmark
Best movies:
The Celebration (1998)
Adam's Apples (2005)
The Company (2007) (series)
![Áron Mátyássy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279714_37caa1.jpg)
Áron Mátyássy
Hungary
Best movies:
Opium: Diary of a Madwoman (2007)
![Kirsti Stubø](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/612/163612571_3b6708.jpg)
Kirsti Stubø
Best movies:
![Marian Saastad Ottesen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/047/166047056_3ec0fb.jpg)
Marian Saastad Ottesen
Norway
Best movies:
The Art of Negative Thinking (2006)
Gone with the Woman (2007)
Opium: Diary of a Madwoman (2007)
![Zsolt László](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/936/161936505_0af41f.jpg)
Zsolt László
Hungary
Kata Fekete
Best movies:
Opium: Diary of a Madwoman (2007)
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Adrienn Molnár
Best movies:
Opium: Diary of a Madwoman (2007)
Júlia Sándor
Best movies:
Opium: Diary of a Madwoman (2007)
Witman Boys (1997)