Movies: Epilepsy

Set in Belle Époque France, the story follows nineteen-year-old "hysteria" patient Augustine, the star of Professor Charcot's experiments in hypnosis, as she transitions from object of study to object of desire....

Running away from the police, Aden goes to the desert where he meets an uncivilized man who has a special link with Mother-Earth. He ends up by convincing the hermit to come along with him into another desert... the big town!...

In 1944, in eastern part of China, U.S.Army Major Baldwin and his volunteer team of demolition engineers are left behind the retreating Chinese forces. Their task is to slow down the Japanese advance into eastern China by blowing up bridges, roads, a...

A lonely girl seeks love, connection and family by crashing funerals....

A deeply disturbed and epileptic young man benignly decides to murder other members of his dysfunctional family for altruistic reasons....

Nicolás, a photographer, has suffered epilepsy since childhood and he is forced to take care of himself and sacrifice a lot, though he lives a normal life. On the other hand, Isabel is a woman who, apparently, has her whole life figured out although ...

Doctors, scientists and chefs around the globe combat illness with dietary changes, believing fat should be embraced as a source of fuel....

Mateo (20) suffers epileptic seizures almost daily. His life is a blend of habitual routines and the dreamlike world he senses during his seizures. His life is transformed when he meets Natalia, a young, enchanting and crazy lady....

Michal Szmańda suffers from epilepsy, depression and other conditions. He is cared for by his sister Aniela. The only bright ray in her life is the "garden" arranged in the kitchen. They do not live with their mother. When they were children, and thi...

Loosely based on the classic story of Sleeping Beauty, this irreverent gay fairy tale for modern audiences follows a man named Moses, whose frequent seizures are characterized by the appearance of Glintentica, a spurned Goddess planning her return to...

In the quiet and picturesque Yarramalong Valley, Officers Henry and Brooks find a young woman wandering by the roadside, distraught from events she has just witnessed. Following a report of a possible crash site, the officers suspect the young woman...

A group of people on an epilepsy mission are sent to a series of proves of their own vigilance and privacy, with the aim of preventing a crisis. A on ens dirigim quan la consciència es desconnecta per uns instants?...

A foreign girl arrives to her new apartment. Her three roommates welcome her rather distantly, for no reason at all, and she can smell that there is something going on...Literally. Everyday when she walks out of her room, she notices a strong smell o...

A young girl's perspective on life changes when she must take care of her mother during an epileptic seizure....

Detoxify oneself from accumulate images, being able to see again as after an electroshock. ἐκπύρωσις, ekpýrosis, “out of the fire”, in Greek philosophy is the universal conflagration or “great fire and end of the world”....

How would it be to suddenly loose consciousness? To loose control of your own body and life? That an attack is constantly on the prowl? Director Jef Monté knows how this feels as he developed epilepsy recently. In this documentary he follows a young ...

"All In Your Head" raises the profile of epilepsy, aiming to challenge stereotypes about this ‘invisible’ disability which affects nearly 1 in every 100 people in the U.K. Moving away from a traditional documentary format, it explores sensations, vul...

3600 miles, The Indian Ocean and one epileptic cancer survivor. A story finally told by the Wilson Family, how their father, Ashley Wilson truly proves that Nothing’s Impossible....