The Torment Zone
1991, Spanish. Directed by Marcello Mercado.
An unsettling experimental documentary that imagines a guided visit through a national mental hospital, The Torment Zone (La Región del Tormento) delves into the mechanisms of psychiatric and legal control that define the treatment of madness. Blending archival textures, hand-drawn animation, and documentary fragments, Marcello Mercado constructs a surreal and claustrophobic environment where medical and judicial discourses intertwine. The result is both a political and psychological reflection on the boundaries of reason and confinement—an early work that anticipates Mercado’s later investigations into biopower, institutional violence, and the anatomy of control.
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- 0h 9m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Spanish
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- Released
- 8 April 1991
- Original title
- La Region Del Tormento
- Budget
- $5K
- Box office
- $5K
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The Torment Zone (1991) was directed by Marcello Mercado.