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Helen is a 2009 American drama film starring Ashley Judd and directed by Sandra Nettelbeck. It follows a professor (Judd) who overcomes severe depression after a massive breakdown, with the help of new friend Matilda (Smith).
Sandra Nettelbeck (born 4 April 1966) is a German film director and screenwriter, best known for her film Mostly Martha (2001).
When Helen's husband David (played by Goran Visnjic) says to her psychiatrist, Helen is unhappy, the doctor responds - your wife is not unhappy, she is ill. Can you talk about how hard it is for people to understand mental illness?
Jul 29, 2010 · Directed by Sandra Nettelbeck. Drama. R. 2 hours. By Jeannette Catsoulis. July 29, 2010. Opening with a sobering quotation from Andrew Solomon’s 1998 confession of suicidal depression in The...
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Crippled by depression, Helen finds solace through her friendship with Mathilda, a kindred spirit struggling with bipolar disorder. On the outside, Helen has it all – a loving family and a successful career – but when her suppressed mental illness resurfaces, the world crumbles around her.
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Jan 20, 2009 · A woman suffering from suicidal depression would present a challenge to any film-maker as the subject of a film, and Sandra Nettelbeck’s Helen - which is about just that - fails to nail it in a...
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Nov 11, 2010 · Writer-director Sandra Nettelbeck's Helen handles the issue of mental illness with sensitivity, compassion, and honesty—offering no glib answers or happy resolutions to the plight of its characters, most notably Ashley Judd's eponymous protagonist.
