Our Lucky Hours (2019): cast, story & where to watch
2019 · Film
Released in 2019, Our Lucky Hours is a notable film.
What it’s about. 45,000 patients died in French psychiatric hospitals between 1939 and 1945. A single site escaped this carnage: the asylum in Saint-Alban, an isolated village in Lozère. What happened there for it to be an exception? Retracing several decades in the history of this important site of psychiatry, using precious archival films and the accounts of those who worked there, Martine Deyres answers this question and, in doing so, shows how the political courage and poetic audacity that were practised there contributed to changing medicine and society’s perception on madness. Intersecting in the crucible of this movement called “institutional psychotherapy” were members of the Resistance, artists, doctors and philosophers—including Paul Eluard, Tristan Tzara and Georges Canguilhem.
Where to watch. In US you can stream it on True Story and DocAlliance Films and rent or buy it from DocAlliance Films. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Our Lucky Hours page.
Frequently asked
- Where can I watch Our Lucky Hours (2019)?
- In US, Our Lucky Hours is available to stream on True Story and DocAlliance Films, and rent or buy from DocAlliance Films. Availability varies by country — check our where-to-watch page for every region.
- When was Our Lucky Hours released?
- Our Lucky Hours was released in 2019.