A 58-minute lobotomy horror that'll make you question every psychiatric ward you've ever seen.
Ada was a brilliant and crazy girl before her lobotomy. Afterwards she becomes stupid and easily controlled. A friend on the inside tries to help her recall her former self.
Acting
Janet Amos's pre/post lobotomy transformation is genuinely chilling.
Direction
Jutra's claustrophobic framing turns hospitals into prisons.
Practical Effects
Zero budget, maximum dread through sound design alone.
Director
Claude Jutra
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Canada's forced sterilization era; over 3,000 people were lobotomized in Canadian psychiatric hospitals. Jutra was documenting living history.
The 'Virgin' character functions as Ada's destroyed potential—what she might have been without medical intervention.
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