One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Miloš Forman · 1975 CE · Film · Modern / American · Contemporary

McMurphy has himself transferred from a prison work farm to a psychiatric ward, expecting an easier stretch. He runs card games, a stolen fishing trip and a standing argument with Nurse Ratched, watched throughout by a large silent patient everyone takes for deaf. Freedom bought at someone else's price.

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