(Beautiful Dreamers)

Content: When the superintendent of the Canadian insane asylum, Dr. Maurice Bucke, meets poet Walt Whitman, his life and that of his wife and patients is radically changed. Like Dr. Bucke, Whitman has avant-garde ideas on the subject of mental illness. "Dreamers" is based on true events. Dr. Bucke became an important biographer of Walt Whitman.

Countries:

Canada

Genres:

Drama

Runtime:

105 minutes

Year:

1990

Directors:

John Kent Harrison

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Production companies:

ONF | NFB

Actors:

Dr. Maurice Bucke

Walt Whitman

Jessie Bucke

Molly Jessop

Rev. Haines

Crews:

Director of Photography

Director

Music

Screenplay

Poem