Verrückt bleiben - verliebt bleiben (1997)

Torsten Ricardo Engelholz, 31 years old, was locked in a dark room by his parents for most of his childhood and then placed in a psychiatric ward. Torsten Ricardo loves riding the subway and spends every free minute doing so. In addition to this passion, he is a talented painter and actor in the professional theater group Thikwa in Berlin. He is very interested in German history. This film explores the universe of a very special person in a sensual way and deals with fundamental questions of life: Torsten Ricardo holds up a mirror to us. "The others are disabled, knowledge-disabled, because they don't recognize what abilities you have," says Torsten Ricardo Engelholz in his poetic, clear-sighted language. This includes the abysses of his own existence as well as his great desires.

Released Feb. 20, 1997 89 min None+

Genres: Biography, Documentary

Keywords: imdb.torsten-ricardo-enhelholz, imdb.reference-to-woyzeck, imdb.mentally-retarded-person, imdb.drinking-one-s-urine, imdb.f-rated, imdb.set-designer, imdb.train + 12 more, imdb.subway, imdb.mental-retardation, imdb.memory, imdb.child-abuse, imdb.portrait, imdb.artist, imdb.theater, imdb.psychic, imdb.psychiatric-hospital, imdb.painter, imdb.berlin-germany, imdb.actor