Asylum Seekers (film)
Asylum Seekers is an American film written and directed by Rania Ajami. The film stars Pepper Binkley and Daniel Irizarry as two of the six social outcast protagonists who attempt to get themselves committed to an insane asylum in order to spice up their lives. Bill Dawes, Judith Hawking, Stella Maeve, Camille OSullivan and Lee Wilkof also star.
Six introverted individuals, bored with their lives and trying to escape their daily routine, attempt to find a radical solution to their boredom by getting themselves admitted into a psychiatric hospital. Among these individuals are Maud Pepper Binkley, a bored trophy wife who feels trapped in a loveless marriage Antoine Daniel Irizarry, a sexobsessed virgin Alice Stella Maeve, a woman whose only enjoyment comes from computers Miranda Camille OSullivan, a paranoid exhibitionist whose inhibitions make her dislike being the center of attention Paul Lee Wilkof, a fanatical rightwing conspiracy theorist and Alan Bill Dawes, an androgynous rapper.Upon arriving to the asylum, the six individuals are informed that there is only room for one person in the hospital. Nurse Milly Judith Hawking informs the individuals that they will now have to compete for the only remaining spot in the asylum. The nurse proceeds to administer tests and contests and whomever she deems to be the craziest and most insane will be declared the winner and will be committed into the institution. The competition and everything in the institution is always watched over and supervised by an unseen character known only as The Beard. ........
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