Eliza Graves
Stonehearst Asylum, previously known as Eliza Graves, is an American thriller film directed by Brad Anderson and written by Joseph Gangemi, loosely based on the short story The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether by Edgar Allan Poe. The film, starring Kate Beckinsale, Jim Sturgess, Michael Caine, Ben Kingsley, and David Thewlis, was released on October 24, 2014.
Later, a young man, the newlyminted Dr. Edward Newgate, Jim Sturgess, arrives at Stonehearst Asylum on Christmas, where he desires to take up residency. A group of armed men led by Mickey Finn David Thewlis allow him entry. Finn escorts him to the office of the superintendent, Dr. Silas Lamb Ben Kingsley. Although Lamb was not expecting him, despite Newgate having sent letters preceding his arrival, he welcomes the help of an Oxfordeducated doctor and grants him the residency.Newgate is surprised by Lambs unorthodox methods and uncustomarily humane asylum. Lamb explains that he does not believe in drugging or incarcerating his patients, and he encourages their delusions when he feels it will bring them greater happiness, thus creating a kind and dignified environment at the asylum. ........
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