影片是精神病学家R·D·莱茵的传记片,故事发生在20世纪60年代,讲述了一位特立独行的苏格兰精神病医生的故事。他对精神疾病的理解与常人不同,试图通过为病人构筑起了安全、舒适的环境来达到治疗和缓解病情的目的。他的做法引起了业内的大肆批判,各种观念也饱受批评,但是受到帮助的病人却是他职业能力的最好证明。。Every year in France, 92,000 people are placed under psychiatric care without their consent. By law, the hospital has 12 days to bring each patient before a judge. Based on medical records and a doctor’s recommendations, a crucial decision has to be made – will the patient stay or leave? 12 DAYS after which lives can change forever.。