Unit of Difficult Patients: What Future for the Criminally Insane? (2017)
Overview
With unique and exclusive testimonies from doctors, nurses, loved ones, and patients we go behind closed doors to examine a high security psychiatric facility that takes care of some of the most dangerous patients.
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| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.583 |
Directed By
Aymone de Chantéra
Crew
Aymone de Chantéra
Melissa Leroy
Félix Tissier
Pierre Maraval
Michel Sorita
Sabrina Mustafa
Lionel Devuyst
Nathalie Martin
Lauren Coupey
Jonathan Delafon
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