A new patient mysteriously appears in a psychiatric ward. He claims to come from another planet to study humans and their behavior. The alien is gentle but criticizes humans for their harsh treatment of each other. The assigned psychiatrist is himself unhappy, and affected by the patient's insight. But he is ordered to treat the patient according to institutional procedure.

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Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychia...

Animal control officer Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written abo...

Industrious accountant David Martinaud claims to be visiting his parents every weekend, but it's mer...

The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life t...

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