Boy Interrupted
Once there was a little boy who wanted to die…
Film20091h 32mReleased
Where to watch
Details
- Director
- Dana Heinz Perry
- Language
- English
- Released
- 2009-09-05
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
Community score
Confidence
Rating weighted by how many people voted
Actor Hub
Scene work for this title — private technique journals.
Open journal →The story
On the night of Oct. 2, 2005, Hart and Dana Perry's 15-year-old son Evan jumped to his death from his New York City bedroom window. This moving film is the story, told by his filmmaker parents and others who knew him, of Evan’s life and death, and his life-long struggle with bipolar disorder. It delves into the complexity of Evan's disease, sharing his family's journey through the maze of mental illness. In showing how one family deals with generations of loss and grief, the film defies the stigma related to mental illness and suicide and tells a human story that touches everyone.
After hours · talk
Boy Interrupted
Ask about the film — and about how it sits with your map. Not a FAQ wrapper.
Try asking
Actor journal
Private scene work lives in Actor Hub — not on this title page.
Characters
Star up to 5 favourites in Boy Interrupted. Rank them if you want — picks feed Cinematic DNA; journals stay private.
