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Brain on Fire (2016)
Brain on Fire (2016)
2016 | Drama
Casting, true story (0 more)
A look at mental health and wrongful diagnosis
Contains spoilers, click to show
Susannah Callahan, (played by Chloe Moretz). Becomes increasingly plagued by visions and voices in her head, as time goes on she becomes paranoid and violent also suffering seizures and tantrum like behaviour.
Locked away for everyone's safety as she is thought to have serious psychosis, she becomes catatonic.
A doctor who specialises in brain disorders comes along after a length of time and spots the wrongful diagnosis and that this young woman has a rare form of encephalitis.
Explained as one side of her brain being on fire.
This is well done and thoughtfully played around some difficult issues.
  
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