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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

1987
Directed byChristopher Rawlence
1h 15m

Opera singer and professor Dr P is examined both in a clinic and in his home, as he suffers from a degeneration of the occipital lobe that allows him to see details but not wholes.

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Oliver SacksHimselfJohn Tighe
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Emile Belcourt
Patricia Hooper
Frederick Westcott
Alexander Bălănescu
Debra Hauer
Elisabeth Perry
Ruth Phillips
Elizabeth Wilson
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GENRES
DramaMusic
STATUSReleased
RATING
NR

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