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ITALY · 1984

Henry IV

Marco Bellocchio
mental illness delusion identity psychiatric treatment medieval fantasy
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Synopsis

Deranged after a fall from a horse, a man has lived for twenty years in a castle laboring under the delusion that he is Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV. His psychiatrist concocts an elaborate scheme to shock him out of his medieval reverie.

Year1984
CountryItaly
DirectorMarco Bellocchio
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