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David and Lisa. Summaries. Teenager David Clemens develops a hysterical fear that he will die if he comes into physical contact with another person. Perturbed, David's overbearing mother places him in a home for mentally disturbed young people.
Jul 15, 2021 · David and Lisa - 1962. The emotional story of a young man in a mental institution for teens who begins to understand his psychosis in the environment of others with mental and emotional problems. He finds intimacy with Lisa, a young woman suffering from schizophrenia. Painfully shy Lisa can communicate only through.
David Clemens is an emotionally disturbed adolescent who lives in constant terror of being touched. When his mother places him in a home for disturbed youngsters, he rejects both the other children and his psychiatrist, Alan Swinford. Gradually, however, he becomes interested in Lisa, a 15-year-old schizophrenic: as "Muriel" she is completely ...
David and Lisa (1962) Plot. Showing all 3 items. Jump to: Summaries (3) Teenager David Clemens develops a hysterical fear that he will die if he comes into physical contact with another person. Perturbed, David's overbearing mother places him in a home for mentally disturbed young people.
David and Lisa is a 1962 American drama film directed by Frank Perry.
A compassionate psychiatrist (Sidney Poitier) guides two teens (Lukas Haas, Brittany Murphy) who fall in love at a school for disturbed youths.
Details. This masterpiece was a hit in 1962. David, 17, suffers from a fear of being touched. When he's put into an institution for teenagers he's angry and distrustful but bonds with Lisa, 15, a schizophrenic. Their friendship is mutually beneficial, but when David leaves Lisa it shows how much he means to her.
