Logline:

​An asylum doctor is forced to face the consequences of his own desire for intellectual stimulation from a young male inmate.

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Synopsis:

In an unspecified authoritarian country, asylum Doctor Andrew Rae, risks everything to continue to engage with the one young man in town, who equals him intellectually and emotionally. However,  this man, Owen Grimes, has  been recently incarcerated for killing two people and is thought to be insane.

The middle-aged Doctor's upstart assistant Irene Hobart sees the unusual relationship between the doctor and his charge unfolding in Ward Six, as a chance to fulfil her own ambitions. To this end, she cunningly plays on the prejudices and weaknesses of the local elite and the asylum board.

Doctor Andrew, though, still has a firm protector in his housekeeper Magdalena. But, can she save the Doctor from the  downward spiral engulfing Ward Six?​​

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