The Venice Film Festival brings us David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Mind. It is the story of the unusual relationship between Sigmund Freud (played by Viggo Mortensen) and Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender). Jung is treating Sabina Spielrein, portrayed Keira Knightley.
The UK’s The Telegraph says, “The future and well being of Sabina Spielrein, a troubled young Russian woman played by Keira Knightley, becomes the defining issue between the two men. Aged 18, she arrives at a Zurich hospital to be treated by Jung. She’s in a distressing state, flinching from human contact and contorting her body and face in grotesque gestures of pain and terror.

Cronenberg has coaxed a performance from Knightley so ferocious in these early scenes that it seems likely to become the film’s main talking point. It’s also a risky strategy, as Sabina’s behaviour is extreme to the point of being alienating.”

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