The film is based on the memoir of the same name by New York City-based British neurologist Oliver Sacks. In 1969, the shy and introverted but enthusiastic brain doctor Malcolm Searle (Robin Williams) came to a hospital in the Bronx, New York City, to treat patients with catalepsy syndrome. Get treatment. With the help and encouragement of nurse Eleanor (Julie Kavner), Dr. Searle boldly administered drugs to a group of patients who had fainted for decades, especially Leonard Lowe. (Robert De Niro) The effect is particularly pronounced. But what is surprising is that the patients showed a tendency to deteriorate soon after they woke up...
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Actor (Robert De Niro) and Best Adapted Screenplay , and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Dramatic Movie (Robin Williams).
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