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New Orleans Film Society

A Dangerous Method

CANADA, GERMANY, UK, SWITZERLAND 99 min.

Director
David Cronenberg
Writers
Christopher Hampton, John Kerr
Producer
Jeremy Thomas
Cinematographer
Peter Suschitzky
Editor
Ronald Sanders
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Synopsis

Seduced by the challenge of an impossible case, the driven Dr. Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) takes the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein (Keira Knightley) as his patient. Jung’s weapon is the “dangerous method”of his master, the renowned Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen). Both men fall under Sabina’s spell. Based on Christopher Hampton’s (“Dangerous Liaisons”—the man has a thing for danger, at least in his titles) and “The Talking Cure.” Both film and play are based on John Kerr’s acclaimed 1992 history of the development psycholanalysis. With Vincent Cassel.

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