Girl, Interrupted

by James Mangold, Lisa Loomer (Screenwriter), Anna Hamilton Phelan (Screenwriter)

The film version of the national bestseller by Susanna Kaysen, which The New York Times Book Review called a "compelling and heartbreaking story, " Girl, Interrupted was written and directed by James Marigold and stars Winona Ryder as a teenager sent against her will to a psychiatric hospital for two years, only to find a deeply troubled community of souls who somehow manage to help one another heal. Marigold provides an Introduction in which he reflects on his graduation from low-budget independent cinema to a big-budget ... Read More

The film version of the national bestseller by Susanna Kaysen, which The New York Times Book Review called a "compelling and heartbreaking story, " Girl, Interrupted was written and directed by James Marigold and stars Winona Ryder as a teenager sent against her will to a psychiatric hospital for two years, only to find a deeply troubled community of souls who somehow manage to help one another heal. Marigold provides an Introduction in which he reflects on his graduation from low-budget independent cinema to a big-budget studio picture, while nevertheless continuing to explore unsettling, often unglamorous human stories with his particular blend of human empathy and an unblinking eye for the details of existence. Read Less