Man Facing Southeast
Original title: Hombre mirando al sudeste
“Somewhere Between The Insane And The Unreal Lies The Mystery Of The Man Facing Southeast.”
1988 · 1 h 49 min
Directed by 
Eliseo Subiela
Eliseo SubielaCast
Lorenzo Quinteros Hugo Soto Inés Vernengo Cristina Scaramuzza Tomas Voth David Edery
Credits
Written by: Eliseo Subiela
Plot
A patient in a psychiatric ward claims to be an alien sent to study humans and unsettles his psychiatrist.
Sinekatalog’s take
A haunting, poetic fable about sanity and sensitivity.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.6 / 10 (5,072 votes)
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