At Averroès & Rosa Parks

After the award-winning On the Adamant (2023), about a floating psychiatric day care center on the Seine, Nicolas Philibert continues his exploration of the same topic in Averroès and Rosa Parks: two units of the Esquirol Hospital, which are part of the Paris Central Psychiatric Group. From individual interviews to "carer-patient" meetings, the filmmaker focuses on showing a form of psychiatry that continually strives to make room for and rehabilitate the patients' words. Little by little, each one eases open the door to their world. Within an increasingly worn-out health system, how can the forsaken be given a place among others? This second chapter in Nicolas Philibert’s triptych on mental health delves into the human soul in all its vulnerability.