Fit to Be Untied

Fit to Be Untied

135 mins | Documentary | July 1, 1975

Via the New York Times: "This documentary was distilled from a 3 1/2-hour television film Nessuno o Tutti, to make the point that many inmates now in mental hospitals could be released without harm to society, and to their advantage. Both patients -- chosen for their ability to talk before a camera -- and sponsors in the community at large are interviewed to promote the concept of the patients' re-integration into the outside world. Three men (Paolo, Angelo, and Marco -- a mentally handicapped youth) talk to the interviewers about their own perspectives, and while the success of the mentally handicapped working at one plant is illustrated, the implied excesses of hospitals run by the Catholic Church are also discussed. Filming was not allowed inside those institutions."

Fit to Be Untied

135 mins | Documentary | July 1, 1975

Fit to Be Untied
Via the New York Times: "This documentary was distilled from a 3 1/2-hour television film Nessuno o Tutti, to make the point that many inmates now in mental hospitals could be released without harm to society, and to their advantage. Both patients -- chosen for their ability to talk before a camera -- and sponsors in the community at large are interviewed to promote the concept of the patients' re-integration into the outside world. Three men (Paolo, Angelo, and Marco -- a mentally handicapped youth) talk to the interviewers about their own perspectives, and while the success of the mentally handicapped working at one plant is illustrated, the implied excesses of hospitals run by the Catholic Church are also discussed. Filming was not allowed inside those institutions."
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers
Original title Matti da slegare
Directors Silvano Agosti, Marco Bellocchio, Stefano Rulli, Sandro Petraglia
Writers

Cast

Silvano Agosti

as Himself (uncredited)

Marco Bellocchio

as Himself (uncredited)

Sandro Petraglia

as Himself (uncredited)

Stefano Rulli

as Himself (uncredited)