Psy Show

France

1999

19 Min

Color

1.66:1

French

Currently 2.9/5 Stars.
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CAST Philippe Laudenbach, Jean-François Gallotte

The story involves a man approaching middle age, a fragile soul who becomes the plaything of his psychoanalyst who surreptitiously re-positions his quiet motorized chair as his patient lies on the couch. When the patient notices the new chair positions, the analyst is determined to convince him it’s all in his head.

Whatever the intent—a statement about the inherent potential for abuse in authority (it vaguely reminded me of the infamous Stanley Milgram experiments), questioning the validity of the psychoanalytic tradition and its impact on patients, or exploring the fragility of subjective reality—it’s a clever premise and its narrative is delivered with perfect timing and believable performances. –IMDb

Director

Marina de Van

Marina de Van was born in France in 1971, her father being a musicologist. She studied at the Lycée Henri IV and at the Sorbonne University where she earned a degree in philosophy. Then, in 1993 she became a student at the FEMIS, the French school for cinematic studies, where she graduated in 1996. She directed and wrote 6 short movies as well as working as an actress and a writer with fellow FEMIS student director François Ozon. In 2002 she made her first feature film Dans ma peau (2002) as director, writer and actress.