Synopsis
HEAD COLD is a personal long-term observational documentary about psychosis, still a tabooed topic. It follows my attempt to return to a "normal" life - since the mid-90s I had several psychotic breakdowns, which were treated in mental hospitals. The film was shot over 5 years and also uses my archives since 1992. What happened to me is not just relevant on an individual level. It reveals at which points the emancipation from the stigma caused by this illness can occur. My own story is both the point of departure and the example, though at first I found it hard to out myself. Using filmic means, it recounts the struggle of being confronted by a psychic illness right up to the stage when one has reached normalcy once again and the loneliness of being solely responsible for one’s condition. GB
