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Prozac Nation (2001)

95 min · Social Drama, drama film

Popularity4.5/5
12-month trend7.2k4.4kExpand

12-month trend

Monthly article views

7.2k02025-09: 6,861 views2025-10: 7,209 views2025-11: 5,842 views2025-12: 5,350 views2026-01: 5,781 views2026-02: 4,842 views2026-03: 5,115 views2026-04: 4,895 views2026-05: 5,282 views2026-06: 4,356 views2026-07: 4,973 views2026-08: 4,763 views
Sep6.9kOct7.2kNov5.8kDec5.4kJan5.8kFeb4.8kMar5.1kApr4.9kMay5.3kJun4.4kJul5.0kAug4.8k

2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

Erik Skjoldbjærg

Cast

Christina Ricci, Jason Biggs, Anne Heche, Michelle Williams, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jessica Lange, Lou Reed, Jesse Moss, Nicholas Campbell, Frida Betrani

The story

In 1986, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Wurtzel is a 19-year-old accepted into Harvard with a scholarship in journalism. She has been raised by her divorced mother since she was two years old and has not seen her father at all in the last four years. Despite his lack of interest and involvement, Lizzie still misses her father, a contributing factor to her depression.

Catalogue themes and tags

1985, Alcohol, Autorin, Cambridge, Depression, Drugs, Familie, Harvard University, Health, Leistungsdruck, Mutter-Tochter-Beziehung, Psychotherapist, Psychotherapy, Psychotropics, Studies, arzneimittel, Coming of age, Drama, Indie, Film adaptation

Genres

Social Drama, drama film

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