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- Title
El primero de la clase (2008): un reto de aceptación social.
- Authors
NOVELO-ALCOCER, Victoria; JANSSEN-AGUILAR, Reinhard; LIZAMA-RUBIO, Mario Alberto; MÉNDEZ-DOMÍNGUEZ, Nina Isabel
- Abstract
The film Front of the class (2008) by Peter Werner, is based on the life of Brad Cohen, from the age of 6 presented clinical manifestations of Tourette syndrome. The plot describes how Brad lived his day to day with his illness and how he managed with the various obstacles that society presented to achieve his greatest dream: to be an elementary school teacher. Brad was continuously bullied by his peers, he had intolerant teachers and even a very unsympathetic father, perhaps because his father did not know that he was a carrier of Tourette syndrome (TS), a disease that involves social isolation from the others and aversion to interact with other people. During the film we observe how Brad is a victim of social stigma by not being able to behave like this peers because of the TS, preventing him in the beginning to have friends and then and then, to get a job. In this article, we will offer a review of the Tourette's Syndrome to understand its manifestations and the way in which Brad's life was affected.
- Publication
Revista de Medicina y Cine / Journal of Medicine & Movies, 2019, Vol 15, Issue 2, p95
- ISSN
1885-5210
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14201/rmc201915295100