The spectrum of suicide in movies

Journal title PSICOBIETTIVO
Author/s Chiara Ciullini, Elisangelica Ceccarelli, Ferdinando Galassi
Publishing Year 2023 Issue 2023/1 Language Italian
Pages 10 P. 137-146 File size 612 KB
DOI 10.3280/PSOB2023-001012
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Cinema represents a medium to deal with complex themes, such as psychological discomfort, which can allow maximum suicidal expression and epilogue due to the complexity of the psychological, biological and social factors that determine it. The cinematographic film can become a tool for communication and reflection that is able to represent and explore the suicidal act in its different facets.

Keywords: cinema, suicide, mental disturbante, society, suffering.

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Chiara Ciullini, Elisangelica Ceccarelli, Ferdinando Galassi, Lo spettro del suicidio nel cinema in "PSICOBIETTIVO" 1/2023, pp 137-146, DOI: 10.3280/PSOB2023-001012