David and Lisa

David and Lisa is a 1962 American drama film directed by Frank Perry. It is based on the second story in the novel Jordi, Lisa and David by Theodore Isaac Rubin the screenplay, written by Frank Perrys wife Eleanor Rosenfeld, tells the story of a bright young man suffering from a mental illness which, among other symptoms, has instilled a fear of being touched in him. This lands him in a residential treatment center, where he meets Lisa, a similarly ill young woman who displays a split personality.

The film starts as David Clemens Keir Dullea is brought to a residential treatment center by his apparently caring mother. He becomes very upset when one of the residents brushes his hand, as he believes touches can kill him. Cold and distant, he mainly concentrates on his studies, especially that of clocks,with which he appears to be obsessed. It is later revealed that he has a recurring dream in which he murders people by means of a giant clock.He meets Lisa Brandt Janet Margolin, a girl who has two personalities one of them, Lisa, can only speak in rhymes, while the other, Muriel, cannot speak, but only write. David befriends her by talking to her in rhymes. Over time he begins to open up to his psychiatrist, Dr. Alan Swinford Howard Da Silva and also becomes friendly with another resident, Simon, although Lisa becomes jealous whenever David spends time talking to someone other than her. Following an argument with his mother when she comes to visit, Davids parents decide he should leave the place. He returns to his parents house, but after staying for a short time, he runs away and goes back to the residential treatment center, where he is allowed to stay. ........

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