Beautiful Dreamers

Year: 1990

Runtime: 105 mins

Language: English

Director: John Kent Harrison

Drama

The superintendent of a Canadian asylum, Dr. Maurice Bucke, encounters poet Walt Whitman, whose progressive views on mental illness profoundly affect Bucke’s life, his wife, and his patients. Their exchange inspires Bucke’s later work as Whitman’s biographer. The film, based on true events, explores how ideas can change both individuals and the world.

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