Touched With Fire

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Touched With Fire

R

2016

1h 46m

Drama

Romance

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While staying at a psychiatric hospital, two manic-depressive poets (Katie Holmes, Luke Kirby) begin a romance that continues to blossom after their release.

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

May 3, 2016

Writer/director Dalio is the real deal - he's got a great eye and ear, and a way with visceral moments of abstract sound and imagery that place the viewer in his characters' headspace.

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David Ehrlich

Rolling Stone

Feb 25, 2016

2.5/4

Written, directed, edited, scored, and partially lived by bipolar filmmaker Paul Dalio, this intense romantic drama solely exists to prove that his so-called "disorder" isn't a dehumanizing defect.

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Brad Wheeler

Globe and Mail

Feb 19, 2016

2.5/4

Dalio's script doesn't always flow as smoothly as the camera work, but an air of calm authenticity should leave audiences touched, in a good way.

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

Feb 3, 2021

4/5

A flawed but ultimately fascinating look at a delicate topic.

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Allen Almachar

The MacGuffin

Jul 13, 2020

C

It's so uneven in tone and theme that any sense of 'truth' is lost.

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Mae Abdulbaki

Movies with Mae

Apr 5, 2019

3.5/5

Anchored by outstanding performances by Holmes and Kirby, "Touched With Fire" is a unique love story that doesn't dismiss manic depression so much as it is used to enhance the story.

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babarizam D

@RT59932316 May 30, 2025

Somehow I feel like this movies doesn't portray accordingly

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Bratislava S

@RT20790796 Feb 13, 2025

The film just touches on how people with bipolar disorder see the world...

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Emilliano Jr S

@emill_santos Jul 12, 2023

It tackles serious issue in shallow depth.

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Jun 20, 2021

I thought this was decent 2.8

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Jan 22, 2021

"Touched by fire" opens the door to the world of people with Mania, with all its beauty and perils. A must see, especially for people who have or care for someone with bipolar.

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Apr 4, 2020

This is an amazing and heart wrenching movie. It really gives and education in bipolar historically, medically, the view of family and most importantly from the view of the patient. I shoes not only the pain but the beauty of those with this diagnosis.

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Synopsis

While staying at a psychiatric hospital, two manic-depressive poets (Katie Holmes, Luke Kirby) begin a romance that continues to blossom after their release.

Director: Paul Dalio
Producer: Jeremy Alter, Kristina Nikolova, Jason Sokoloff
Screenwriter: Paul Dalio
Distributor: Roadside Attractions
Production Co: 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, Moonstruck Productions
Rating: R (Brief Sexuality|A Disturbing Image|Drug Use|Language)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 12, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 24, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $138.8K
Runtime: 1h 46m

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