K-Pax (2001)

115 min · Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mysterie, Sci-Fi, drama film, science fiction film

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Directors

Iain Softley

Cast

Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack, Alfre Woodard, Ajay Naidu, Vincent Laresca, Kimberly Scott, Conchata Ferrell, Saul Williams, Peter Gerety, David Patrick Kelly, Melanee Murray, Celia Weston, Brian Howe, Tess McCarthy, Natasha Dorfhuber, Tracy Vilar

The story

A man calling himself prot (not capitalized and pronounced with a long O, rhyming with boat) is committed to the Psychiatric Institute of Manhattan after claiming he is an extraterrestrial from the planet 'K-PAX', 1,000 light years away in the Lyra constellation. There, psychiatrist Dr. Mark Powell attempts to cure him of his apparent delusions.

Catalogue themes and tags

1990s, Alien Life-Form, Alien Phenomenons, Astronomy, Bahnstation, Banana, Cleverness, Coming to Terms With The Past, Ermordung, Fantasiewelt, Flying Saucers, Fruit, Grand Central Station, Hospital, Krankheit, Light, Loss of Sense of Reality, Madhouse, Manhattan, Marsmenschen, Medic, Nervenklinik, New Mexiko, New York, Patienten, Personality Disorder, Planeten, Rape, Reality, Schizophrenia, Schizophrenic, Speed of Light, Supernatural Powers, Survey, Trauma, Weltraum, Mystery, Science Fiction, Drama

Genres

Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mysterie, Sci-Fi, drama film, science fiction film

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