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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
Man Facing Southeast (Argentina, 1986) was one of the best sci-fi films I've seen. It touches all the bases -- religion, philosophy, speculative science, and psychology. The scene where the mental patient Rantés interrupts a concert to take over the maestro's duties to conduct Beethoven's Ninth is unforgettable.
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I just finished watching Man Facing Southeast, based on Tom's recommendation. It is about a man from another planet in a psychiatric hospital.
I also think this is an excellent movie and can now recommend it too. Totally had me drawn into the story the whole way through to the end. The movie gradually reveals much about the doctor and his inner thoughts, fears and limitations. Who is Rantes? The doctor becomes obsessed to understand Rantes (the main character); going so far as to admit to himself that it is his lifes main objective. Rantes has a magnetic force to those around him.
"He comes from far away. He is a good man"