SILENT: Asia, part of the University of Pittsburgh's
SCREENSHOT: ASIA film festival and programming, will present the 1926 Japanese silent film
A Page of Madness (狂った一頁) on April 14. A synopsis
from the Row House Cinema, where the film played
in 2021:
Set within the walls of a mental asylum in Japan, the film follows the story of a janitor (Masao Inoue) who takes a job at the institution in order to be closer to his wife (Yoshie Nakagawa), a former performer who has been institutionalized after suffering a mental breakdown. As the janitor navigates the eerie corridors of the asylum, he encounters a cast of characters haunted by their own inner demons, including patients, doctors, and nurses.
It will play at 6:30 pm in Frick Fine Arts (
map) and is free and open to the public.
