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*full disclosure: a screener of this film was provided by Breaking Glass Pictures.

Director: Rania Ajami.

Writers: Rania Ajami and Jake Pilikian.

The Asylum Seekers is a surreal comedy from director Rania Ajami. This is her first feature and this title is an offbeat look at the possibilities of insanity. Breaking Glass Pictures will release this title on DVD August 30th and Asylum Seekers is a high recommend, based on the interesting atmosphere created by Ajami and cinematographer Lyn Moncrief. Almost every scene is highly saturated, but it is the characters and the message which stand out the most.

There are six supposed lunatics moving into the local asylum. However, there is only one bed available. So the "evangelical nihilist," the "trophy mouse wife," the "gender bender refuge," and many more characters must battle it out to prove that they are more insane than the next. If this sounds strange,...

Breaking Glass Pictures is closing part of the the mental hospital on DVD August 30th with Asylum Seekers. This is the day when several of the mentally ill must prove their insanity in front of a mental health review board, because their is only one bed available. The backstabbing and manipulation begins in only a few weeks and fans of Miss Ajami can expect something psychological and thrilling in the Asylum Seekers. Cast and crew details are below.

The plot details for Asylum Seekers:

"Work, deadlines, family, terrorism, information overload ... As modern life pushes the world to the brink of madness, six strangers decide there’s only one sane response; head through the door marked Exit. It leads to a deluxe, exclusive, luxuriously-appointed mental asylum where a staff will wait on them hand and foot for the rest of their carefree lives. The problem? The asylum has only one vacancy.

Editor’s Note: This is one of a series of interviews with directors whose films are screening at the 2009 CineVegas Film Festival. “Asylum Seekers” (USA, 2008) Director: Rania Ajami Cast: Pepper Binkley, Bill Dawes, Judith Hawking, Daniel Irizarry, Stella Maeve, Camille O’Sullivan, Lee Wilkof Six people on the verge of a breakdown decide to check themselves into an insane asylum, only to discover there is just room for one. What initially …...

Horror director Rania Ajami (Katalog, And The Earth Fell Silent Again) is premiering her latest horror/fantasy/comedy movie, Asylum Seekers, at CineVegas Film festival.

Six people on the verge of a breakdown decide to check themselves into an insane asylum, only to discover there is just room for one. Starring Pepper Binkley, Bill Dawes, Judith Hawking, Daniel Irizarry, Stella Maeve, Camille O’Sullivan, and Lee Wilkof...

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