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Girl, Interrupted is a 1999 drama film about a teen's 18-month stay at a mental institution, and stars Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie. It was adapted from the original memoir of the same name, written by Susanna Kaysen. The film was directed by James Mangold, from a screenplay written by Mangold and Lisa Loomer. The original musical score was composed by Mychael Danna.
Susanna Kaysen (Ryder), 18 years old in April 1967, voluntarily checks herself into the fictitious Claymoore Hospital (based on McLean Hospital, the actual institution featured in the memoir), after an overdose of aspirin and vodka. Nurse Valerie Owens (Whoopi Goldberg) is in charge of the ward Susanna is in. Kaysen is diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, and her stay extends for over a year.
She befriends fellow patients Polly "Torch" Clark (Elisabeth Moss), a burn victim; Georgina Tuskin (Clea DuVall), a pathological liar; Daisy Randone (Brittany Murphy), a sexually abused girl who has an eating disorder and who cuts herself; Janet Webber (Angela Bettis), an anorexic; Cynthia (Jillian Armenante), whose only disorder seems to be a proclivity to dress like men and is there...
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