I was utterly shocked by this movie, not by the content, but by the fact that the BBC made it and hasn't memory-holed it by now! This is a story about two psych doctors, one in "authority" (and desperately looking for more) and the other just a boots-on-the-ground psych doctor trying to help people the best he can, and one patient. There are both blatant and subtle undertones of racism, weaponized accusations, white-knight syndrome, cruelty for cruelty's sake, jealousy/avarice to the point of risking a patient's health and life, and of course, serious mental illness. I was nervous about watching this movie at first because I didn't want to be bludgeoned over the head with the current BBC line of "all white people are racist" for the umpteenth time this week, but that is NOT what I got! I am going to have to see if I can get a hard copy of this movie sometime soon because I can definitely see the BBC wiping it from its digital existence.
