To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Franco Basaglia’s birth, his direct pupils and the generations immediately following tell us how the psychiatrist elaborated his revolutionary theories on mental health, placing the person and their discomfort at the centre and demolishing asylum institutions. Stock footage and first-hand accounts confront us with the abomination of asylum segregation and the truly curative practice developed by Basaglia. What about today? Has Law 180, which was named after him, been fully implemented? What is the practice in the treatment of people suffering from mental disorders? How does the national health service deal with mental health? A film that does not give answers, but raises the debate on one of the most pressing and forgotten issues of our present.
Free admission subject to availability
In case of bad weather, the screening will be held in Sala Sociale of SOMSI in Cividale del Friuli