Helen (2009)
Director: Sandra Nettelbeck · Writer: Sandra Nettelbeck
On the outside, Helen has it all – a loving family and a successful career – but when her suppressed mental illness resurfaces, the world crumbles around her. Crippled by depression, Helen finds solace through her friendship with Mathilda, a kindred spirit struggling with bipolar disorder.
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Director
Sandra Nettelbeck
Cast
Ashley Judd
Helen 
Goran Višnjić
David 
Lauren Lee Smith
Mathilda 
Alexia Fast
Julie 
Alberta Watson
Dr. Sherman 
Leah Cairns
Susanna 
David Hewlett
Frank 
David Nykl
John 
Chelah Horsdal
Kara 
Ali Liebert
Donna 
Conrad Coates
Stephen 
Alex Stevens
Woman User Reviews (1)
This movie was mostly a tough watch because it is something I lived with - the great and only part that deserves a view and that give to it a 3 stars is the performance of Ashley Judd and actress than than Jean and Marilyn series, didn't shine of so many movies. Her role is just pure anguish to someone that had similar diagnoses to the ones that her character pass on the movie (Major Depression with psychotic symptoms and a light bipolar disturb). Probably her best role in any work she had done, that shows easily the anguish, sometimes semeling without cause and the masks we have to use dya thought day to be in a "normal" life. Also it have and explanation as Judd (and multi-activist) herself had major depression thought her life that isn't something that you can "cure" overnight, you just learn to cope with it. She lived a troubled life thought her youth and entered major rehabili…
