This barge, a day hospital for twelve years, is the subject of a documentary by Nicolas Philibert, “Sur l’Adamant”, in theaters on Wednesday and crowned with the Golden Bear at the Berlin festival.
Caregivers and patients went to see the film together in a Parisian room. Mamadi discovered himself in a scene where he photographed himself with the psychiatrist following him. “ATAt the beginning, I was a little indifferent when the film came out, but afterwards, I found it interesting, after the feedback from my peers, who told me that it was a beautiful scene and so I learned to ‘accept and tell me that it was not so bad, admits Mamadi. In fact, there you go, I’m bipolar and take me as I am.”
“For a very long time, I was ashamed of my disability because I didn’t want it to be known. It’s as if I had come out!”
Mamadi, patient of the Adamantat franceinfo
AT the creation of Adamant, the Health Agency had expressed reservations, fearing that a boat moored on the Seine would incite some patients to suicide. Twelve years later, none of them has crossed the balustrade.
On board the Adamant, a barge that houses a psychiatric hospital, at the heart of a documentary – Report by Alain Gastal
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