Her Name is Sabine (Elle s'appelle Sabine) (2007)

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Release Date: May 24, 2007 Wide

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The disheartening failure of specialized institutions and the irreparably damaging effect that they can have on the ailing patients that they purport to help are highlighted in actress-turned-filmmaker Sandrine Bonnaire's intimate portrait of her autistic sister Sabine. Sabine Bonnaire is a thirty-eight year old woman who has struggled with autism since childhood. Despite her mysterious and increasingly common disorder, however, it was an inadequate health care paradigm - not her lifelong

Unrated, 1 hr. 25 min.

Documentary, Art House & International, Special Interest

Directed By: Sandrine Bonnaire

In Theaters: May 24, 2007 Wide

On DVD: Mar 4, 2008

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The rage of the director can be felt in each frame and clearly shapes the pamphlet-like narrative, though the film is still a compelling examination of autism and the way the outside world tries -- and, more often, fails -- to deal with it.

October 14, 2007 Full Review Source: european-films.net

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A heartbreaking documentary about an Autistic woman directed by Sandrine Bonnaire, the subject of which is her own sister Sabine. The difference in Sabine before and after she had been institutionalized is dramatic. Through Sandrine's footage of her sister we see before that whilst she was still suffering with her

September 10, 2008