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On the Adamant

Summary The Adamant is a one-of-a-kind place: a floating refuge on the Seine River in the heart of Paris that offers day programs for adults with mental illnesses. Its attendees come from across the city and are offered care that grounds them in time and space, helping them achieve recovery and stability. Through a blend of therapy, education, a...

Directed By: Nicolas Philibert

Written By: Linda De Zitter, Nicolas Philibert

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  • 2024
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 49 m
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  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 49 m

On the Adamant

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Summary The Adamant is a one-of-a-kind place: a floating refuge on the Seine River in the heart of Paris that offers day programs for adults with mental illnesses. Its attendees come from across the city and are offered care that grounds them in time and space, helping them achieve recovery and stability. Through a blend of therapy, education, a...

Directed By: Nicolas Philibert

Written By: Linda De Zitter, Nicolas Philibert

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88
Mar 29, 2024
This is a soft-spoken but ultimately powerful work that makes the case for the importance of empathy in treating those with mental illnesses, and makes you hope that programs like the one depicted here will one day become the norm.
By Peter Sobczynski FULL REVIEW
80
Nov 3, 2023
What’s most important here is how Philibert captures the patience of the nurses and attendants, who never ever interrupt or talk down to the people whose conditions and wellbeing are L’Adamant’s raison d’être.
By David Jenkins FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 2, 2023
There is a gentle and very happy sense of freedom and possibility aboard the Adamant, and there is enormous warmth, sympathy and human curiosity in this film.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 25, 2023
What emerges is not only a depiction of psychiatric treatment administered with plenty of warmth and enthusiasm, but a portrait of several individuals who, despite their noticeable disabilities, are capable of producing original and moving works of art.
By Jordan Mintzer FULL REVIEW
75
Dec 20, 2023
Where the film succeeds in drawing you into all that life, however, it does so in a patchwork of moments that never quite suggest a whole.
By Rory O'Connor FULL REVIEW
70
Mar 28, 2024
That Philibert doesn’t stick to a “main character,” or impose a phony narrative arc, vibes well with the facility’s free-spirited methods, even if the documentary lacks the drama of a more structured production.
By Beatrice Loayza FULL REVIEW
63
Mar 1, 2023
Unwilling to risk subjectivity or authorial input, and also lacking in the forensic detail that might have provided a more in-depth analysis of the Centre de jour l’Adamant and its functioning, On the Adamant ultimately feels half-formed.
By David Robb FULL REVIEW

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Production Company TS Productions, France 3 Cinéma, Longride, Ciné+, France Télévisions, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Les Films du Losange, UniversCiné, La Région Île-de-France
Release Date Mar 29, 2024
Duration 1 h 49 m
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Website https://www.hopitaux-saint-maurice.fr/Adamant/5/138/102
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Awards

El Gouna Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Silk Road International Film Festival China
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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