''The Soul Keeper'' ( it, Prendimi l'anima; french: L'âme en jeu) is a 2002 Italian-French-British
romance
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Common meanings
* Romance (love), emotional attraction towards another person and the courtship behaviors undertaken to express the feelings
* Romance languages, ...
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drama film
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directed by
Roberto Faenza
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Career
Faenza made his directing debut in 1968 ...
. It is loosely based on real life events of
Russia
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n
psychoanalyst and
physician
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Sabina Spielrein
Sabina Nikolayevna Spielrein ( rus, Сабина Николаевна Шпильрейн, p=sɐˈbʲinə nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvnə ʂpʲɪlʲˈrɛjn; 7 November 25 October 1885 OS – 11 August 1942) was a Russian physician and one of the first fema ...
and notably on her therapeutic and sentimental relationship with fellow psychoanalyst
Carl Gustav Jung
Carl Gustav Jung ( ; ; 26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. Jung's work has been influential in the fields of psychiatry, anthropology, archaeology, literature, philo ...
.
Plot
Marie and Fraser, two young scholars, respectively French and Scottish, get to know each other while they are both in
Moscow
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to research the life of the Russian psychoanalyst Sabina Spielrein. The two researchers reconstruct Sabina's life together, starting with her hospitalisation in
Zürich
, neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon
, twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco
Zürich ...
in 1904 for a serious form of
hysteria.
There the patient meets the young doctor
Carl Gustav Jung
Carl Gustav Jung ( ; ; 26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. Jung's work has been influential in the fields of psychiatry, anthropology, archaeology, literature, philo ...
, who, using the new methods of
psychoanalysis
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developed by
Freud, will be able to cure her. Sabina begins to take an interest in psychoanalysis herself, and begins an intense love affair with Jung. However, discovering that her beloved Carl, married and with two children, although in love with her is trapped to moral doubts, Sabina provokes a scandal. The two finally separate.
Cast
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Emilia Fox
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Sabina Spielrein
Sabina Nikolayevna Spielrein ( rus, Сабина Николаевна Шпильрейн, p=sɐˈbʲinə nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvnə ʂpʲɪlʲˈrɛjn; 7 November 25 October 1885 OS – 11 August 1942) was a Russian physician and one of the first fema ...
*
Iain Glen
Iain Alan Sutherland Glen (born 24 June 1961) is a Scottish actor. Glen is best known for his roles as Dr. Alexander Isaacs/Tyrant in three films of the ''Resident Evil'' film series (2004–2016) and as Ser Jorah Mormont in the HBO fantasy t ...
:
Carl Gustav Jung
Carl Gustav Jung ( ; ; 26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. Jung's work has been influential in the fields of psychiatry, anthropology, archaeology, literature, philo ...
*
Craig Ferguson: Richard Fraser
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Caroline Ducey
Caroline Ducey (born Caroline Trousselard, 12 December 1976) is a French actress who has appeared in 34 films since 1994. Outside of her home country, she is best known for her controversial role in Catherine Breillat's 1999 film ''Romance'', a ...
: Marie Franquin
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Jane Alexander
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Emma Jung
Emma Jung (born Emma Marie Rauschenbach, 30 March 1882 – 27 November 1955) was a Swiss Jungian analyst and author. She married Carl Jung, financing and helping him to become the prominent psychiatrist and founder of analytical psychology, and t ...
*
Joanna David
Joanna David (born Joanna Elizabeth Hacking; 17 January 1947) is an English actress, best known for her television work.
Life
David was born in Lancaster, England, to Davida Elizabeth (''née'' Nesbitt) and John Almond Hacking.
In 1971, she ...
: Sabina's mother
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Viktor Sergachyov: Ivan Ionov
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Giovanni Lombardo Radice
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He first began his career in theater before he starred in Ruggero Deodato's ''The House on the Edge of the Park'' ...
: Zorin
See also
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A Dangerous Method
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The Wicked (1991 film)
References
External links
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The Soul Keeper' at
FilmAffinity
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2002 films
2002 biographical drama films
2002 romantic drama films
English-language Italian films
Films directed by Roberto Faenza
Cultural depictions of Carl Jung
Italian biographical drama films
Films set in Switzerland
Films about the Soviet Union in the Stalin era
Holocaust films
Films set in the 1900s
Films set in the 1940s
Italian romantic drama films
2000s English-language films