The documentary had its world premiere at the international documentary film festival amsterdam that year and won the dou c award. A profoundly personal voyage into the complexity, fragility and wonder of the human brain, after lotje sodderland miraculously survives a hemorrhagic stroke and finds herself starting again in an alien world, bereft of language and logic. Netflix nabs david lynchs my beautiful broken brain doc. He says we are experiencing an epidemic of broken brains, manifesting as anxiety, depression, adhd, autism, alzheimers, bipolar disorder, and a host of other mental disorders.
My beautiful broken brain is 34 year old lotje sodderlands personal voyage into the complexity, fragility and wonder of her own brain following a life changing hemorrhagic stroke. With david lynch, sophie robinson, hente sodderland, jan sodderland. Wikiproject film rated startclass this article is within the scope of wikiproject film. My beautiful broken brain 2014 is an incredibly fascinating documentary for anyone who has an interest in cognitive science, linguistics or film. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical. Both lotjes mind and brain are put under a microscope, exposed and vulnerable. Doc my beautiful broken brain headed to netflix by bryan hood feb 5, 2016 the film tracks lotje sodderlands recover from a 2011 hemorrhagic stroke. My beautiful broken brain official trailer hd netflix youtube. Not everyone is a fan of the genre, but documentaries serve an. My beautiful broken brain sxsw 2016 event schedule. At one stage before the film was called my beautiful broken brain, it was called life interrupted. Op haar 34e kreeg ze een herseninfarct en moest ze opnieuw leren.
Its about having to rethink your life halfway through, and that can happen to any of us. In 2011, lotje sodderland, a highly articulate, 34yearold british film and media producer known in her circles as the speed queen of multitasking lay on a hotel room bed, tapping away. The beautiful finished film exercise the sensory functions of your cerebral cortex. He interviews over 50 experts carefully selected to agree with his ideas, with nary a word of dissent. Sodderland suffered a catastrophic brain haemorrhage in 2011 at the. This is the debut feature film for for lotje sodderland. Surprisingly beautiful and emotionally intense, this visually stunning glass eye is a. My beautiful broken brain, at its best, captures the sensation of slowly draining away from the natural world while, paradoxically, growing closer to the true intentions of nature. My beautiful broken brain 2016 tv14 1h 24m british movies after suffering a stroke at age 34, a woman documents her struggles, setbacks and eventual breakthrough as she relearns to speak, read and write. My beautiful broken brain doc opens a window into traumatic brain injury by jessi cape, 6.
Year after year they resurface, regardless of whether the world really needs another film about the porn industry, mixed martial arts or kurt cobain. My beautiful broken brain was initiated by lotje sodderland a few days after the stroke and was released in 2014. Receive a limited edition my beautiful broken brain print signed by lotje herself. Certain subjects are hard to keep down in the world of documentary. My beautiful broken brain is a profoundly personal voyage into the complexity, fragility and wonder of the human brain, after lotje sodderland miraculously survives a hemorrhagic stroke and finds herself starting again in an alien world, bereft of language and logic. A film about a young womans cerebral haemorrhage with outcomes no one could have predicted. Ahead of the film s north american premiere at the. This feature documentary takes us on a genretwisting tale that is by turns excruciating and exquisite from the devastating consequences of a firsttime. The film started being streamed by netflix as a netflix original on the 18th of march, 2016. My beautiful broken brain is a 2014 documentary film about the life of 34year old lotje sodderland after she suffered a hemorrhagic stroke as a result of a. But underneath the hoodie is a bloodcaked scar from brain surgery.
If you are a parent, sibling or a child of someone with epilepsy feel free to note it as you wish. Tv series, documentaries and feature films across a wide variety of genres and languages. My beautiful broken brain, a documentary that had its debut here at sxsw last weekend and will be showing on netflix starting friday, takes viewers through ms. My beautiful broken brain is a 2014 documentary film about the life of 34yearold lotje sodderland after she suffered a hemorrhagic stroke as a result of a congenital vascular malformation in november 2011, initially experiencing aphasia, the complete loss of her ability to read, write, or speak coherently. Mark hyman has a new series of 8 documentaries on the broken brain. A profoundly personal voyage into the complexity, fragility and wonder of the human brain, after lotje sodderland miraculously survives a hemorrhagic stroke and finds herself starting again in an. As a means of remedial aegis, she began to document her rapidly changing life with her iphone, and shortly thereafter she asked filmmaker sophie robinson to help document her recovery. My beautiful broken brain works best when it allows its subjectcumauthor to talk plainly about her situation. That murky psychology is emblematic of lynchs own occasional worldview.
Sodderland suffered a catastrophic brain haemorrhage in 2011 at the age of 34. This is the debut feature film from this directoral team. My beautiful broken brain reveals the aftermath of a brain. I was completely bowled over by the fact that she had already started filming the experience and when we. Regaining consciousness to an alien world lotje was thrown into a new existence of distorted reality where words held no meaning and where her sensory perception. Diego ravazzolos rating of the film my beautiful broken brain diego ravazzolo a truly beautiful documentary, showing how frightening and beautiful at the same time is, to see the world in a complete different way. My beautiful broken brain is an intensely personal story of a 34 year old woman, lotje sodderland, who documented through film her 1year journey of recovery from hemorrhagic stroke, which resulted in aphasia. My beautiful broken brain where to stream and watch. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. A film about a young womans haemorrhage, with outcomes no one could have predicted. David lynchs my beautiful broken brain is as difficult. Like so many things, my beautiful broken brain is some small glimpse into the experience of my son, who also had a stroke and who lives with a brain. Dutchfrench filmmaker lotje sodderlandthe subject of the film as well as its codirectorcontacted lynch during the filming process after she began experiencing altered sensory perceptions that made. My beautiful broken brain is an intensely personal story of a 34 year old woman, lotje sodderland, who documented through film her 1year journey of recovery from hemorrhagic stroke, which resulted in aphasia one night, lotje goes out to watch fireworks in london, her hometown, and at the end of the evening, she goes home and goes.
My beautiful broken brain lotje sodderland journeys into her own mind to recover and rehabilitate after a hemorrhagic stroke leaves her unable to communicate. This documentary captures the strange new world she inhabits, teeming. My beautiful broken brain is a documentary, much of which was shot on an iphone, about a young woman who experiences an ischemic stroke. My beautiful broken brain official trailer netflix hd. My beautiful broken brain is a film that explores how incredible and amazing the human mind can be, but more than that, its a film that explores the importance of. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. After suffering a stroke at age 34, a woman documents her struggles, setbacks and eventual breakthrough as she relearns to speak, read and write. My beautiful broken brain had its world premiere at the 2014 international documentary film festival amsterdam idfa, where it won the doc u award, and then its north american premiere in march 2016 at sxsw. The subject of the film is all about the brain, about consciousness and cognitive science. We found the best new netflix health documentaries that youll want to stream to find out fascinating facts about health, including food, fitness, medicine, weight loss, and disease. The streaming giant released the first trailer for the brain doc ahead of a global launch on march 18. My beautiful broken brain is the story of stroke patient lotje sodderland. My beautiful broken brain was the first movie doco i watched about brain injury as i tried to understand my own brain injury after being discharged from a two month hospitalisation stay from coma, fractured neck and vertabrae, post traumatic amnesia and my very own tbi severe diffuse axonal injury all from a mountain bike accident which i have zero memory from.
My beautiful broken brain is a 2014 documentary film about the life of 34yearold lotje sodderland after she suffered a hemorrhagic stroke as a result of a congenital vascular malformation in november 2011, initially experiencing aphasia, the complete loss of her ability to read, write, or speak coherently david lynch became an executive producer of the film. My beautiful broken brain 2014 official trailer, organic. This is my beautiful broken brain official trailer richard schrieber greenways by split music on vimeo, the home for high quality videos. Netflix has picked up the david lynchproduced documentary my. Sophie robinson has been making longform documentaries for 15 years for the bbc, discovery and sky arts. My beautiful broken brain is a profoundly personal voyage into the complexity, fragility and wonder of the human brain, after lotje sodderland miraculously survives a hemorrhagic stroke and finds. My beautiful broken brain, a documentary executive produced by david lynch about a young woman recovering from the devastating effects of a hemorrhagic stroke, has been acquired by netflix.
My beautiful broken brain might be about the after effects of a stroke but its sodderlands positivity, perseverance and resilience that are the most dominant elements a vital lesson on. At sxsw, a woman who had a stroke turns director the new. The film describes both who she was before stroke, as told by friends and family, and who she is since. David lynch became an executive producer of the film. My beautiful broken brain national aphasia association. My beautiful broken brain official trailer richard. At the age of 34, lotje sodderland suffered a haemorrhagic stroke, which left her completely unable to read, write or speak coherently. My beautiful broken brain official trailer hd netflix. My beautiful broken brain 2014 stream and watch online. My beautiful broken brain is a film that explores how incredible and amazing the human mind can be, but more than that, its a film that explores the importance of community and what it means to.
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