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The Torment Zone

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An unsettling experimental documentary that imagines a guided visit through a national mental hospital, The Torment Zone (La Región del Tormento) delves into the mechanisms of psychiatric and legal control that define the treatment of madness. Blending archival textures, hand-drawn animation, and documentary fragments, Marcello Mercado constructs a surreal and claustrophobic environment where medical and judicial discourses intertwine. The result is both a political and psychological reflection on the boundaries of reason and confinement—an early work that anticipates Mercado’s later investigations into biopower, institutional violence, and the anatomy of control.

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Runtime: 9 minutes

Release: Apr 08, 1991

IMDb: 10.00/10 by 1 users

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Language: Español

Budget: 5

Revenue: 5

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