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Mental Major 
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TITLE |
Eighteenth, The (1996) |
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DISABILITY |
Mental
illness |
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DIRECTOR |
Anders
Ronnow-Klarlund
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Set against
the background of May 18, 1993 when Denmark |
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voted to
join the European Union though the vote was followed by riots in
the streets against the decision. This won't mean much to
non-Europeans but the film concentrates on three stories of
people who are little concerned with the political events going
on around them except they all make an effort to vote. |
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In the
second story a young man is committed to a psychiatric |
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hospital for
30 days and fears he may lose his girlfriend so he |
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escapes.
Though concerned with his girlfriend he's upset |
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that he's
not eligible to vote because of his psychiatric |
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Notes
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