The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years On
7.5
2016
0 hr 58 min
Documentary
Ten years ago, in an award-winning series, Stephen Fry first spoke about living with manic depression and began a national conversation about mental health. A decade later, we return to the subject to understand where he and thousands of others diagnosed with bipolar (as it is now called) are now.
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- Cast：
- Stephen Fry , David Morrissey
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Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
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I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.
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Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.
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The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
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