My Beautiful Broken Brain

Documentaries, 2016, 84 minutes

After suffering a stroke at age 34, a woman documents her struggles, setbacks and eventual breakthrough as she relearns to speak, read and write.

The Documentaries My Beautiful Broken Brain is a Netflix Original and was released in 2016 and lasts 84 minutes. Parents strongly cautioned. This Documentaries is Cerebral, Understated, Visionary.

HDUHD 4KHDRDOLBY VISIONDOLBY SURROUNDDOLBY ATMOS

Add to my favourites Play now

My Beautiful Broken Brain on IMDB

Score: 7.1 of the 10

MY BEAUTIFUL BROKEN BRAIN is 34 year old Lotje Sodderland's personal voyage into the complexity, fragility and wonder of her own brain following a life changing hemorrhagic stroke. Regaining consciousness to an alien world - Lotje was thrown into a new existence of distorted reality where words held no meaning and where her sensory perception had changed beyond recognition. This a story of pioneering scientific research to see if her brain might recover - with outcomes that no one could have predicted. It is a film about hope, transformation and the limitless power of the human mind.

Continue reading on IMDB

Actors in My Beautiful Broken Brain

Lotje Sodderland (1)

Sophie Robinson (3)

Directors

Sophie Robinson
Lotje Sodderland

Audio and subtitles

Audio: German;Italian;French;English - Audio Description

Subtitles: French;English;German;Italian;Dutch

More like My Beautiful Broken Brain

Cooked

(2016)

Prescription Thugs

(2015)

Chelsea Does

(2016)

The rating displayed next to the title is based on the average ratings on Netflix, Moviemeter, and IMDB, and is a number between 0 and 5.

New releases via e-mail?

Receive a weekly e-mail with all the new movies and series that Netflix released that week.

Click here to register for free.

Other Netflix suggestions for you

American Symphony

In this deeply intimate documentary, musician Jon Batiste attempts to compose a symphony as his wife, writer Suleika Jaouad, undergoes cancer treatment.

Ilary Blasi: The One and Only

In this documentary, Ilary Blasi shares the emotional and powerful story of the much-discussed end of her marriage.

The Ladies with Style

This documentary follows a soccer team in South Africa on their journey to the final game of the first CAF Women's Champions League tournament in 2021.

Stamped from the Beginning

Using innovative animation and expert insights, this documentary based on Ibram X. Kendi's bestseller explores the history of racist ideas in America.

The Dads

On a fishing trip with Matthew Shepard's father, five disparate dads discuss their love, hopes and fears for their trans kids in this short documentary.