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Touched with Fire
Directed by
Paul Dalio
R
2016
1h 46m
Drama
,
Romance
6.2
67%
89%
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Two bipolar patients meet in a psychiatric hospital and begin a romance that brings out all of the beauty and horror of their condition.
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Cast of Touched with Fire
Katie Holmes
Carla
Luke Kirby
Marco
Griffin Dunne
George
Bruce Altman
Donald
Annie Golden
Motherly Patient
Chaske Spencer
Marco's Construction Boss
Maryann Urbano
Dr. Strinsky
Christine Lahti
Sara
Celeste Lecesne
Man at Book Reading
Angela Pierce
Book Reading Attendant
Patrick Byas
Demonix
Roca
Ravenous
Jennifer Falu
Nyorican MC
Kim Rosen
Hospital Receptionist
Stephen Beach
Police Officer
Rachel Zeiger-Haag
Hospital Waiting Room Receptionist
Paul Dalio
Paul / Director / Writer
Marcy Harriell
Psych Ward Nurse
Ted Sod
Bible Scholar Patient
Rob Leo Roy
Gary
James Miles
Marker Tattooing Patient
Edward Gelbinovich
Paranoid Patient
Catherine Combs
Tarot Reading Patient
Mike Faist
Additional Psych Ward Patient
Russell G. Jones
Group Therapist
Brent Bateman
Night Nurse
Rob Gorden
Springtime Psych Ward Receptionist
Daniel Gerroll
Dr. Lyon
Joseph Adams
Administrator of Second Hospital
Victoria Weinberg
Carla and Marco's New Female Dinner Friend
Bobby Kruger
Carla and Marco's New Male Dinner Friend
Kay Redfield Jamison
Self
Wayne Wilcox
Carla's New Boyfriend
Erick Abbate
Sammy (uncredited)
Genevieve Adams
Susan (uncredited)
Brett Berg
The Poetry Heckler (uncredited)
Jasmine Hope Bloch
Poetry Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Greg Oliver Bodine
Heckler (uncredited)
Jim Ford
Police Officer (uncredited)
Rosemary Howard
Audience at Reading of Faded (uncredited)
Anna Kuchma
Mother of the Young Child (uncredited)
Alex Manette
Eddy (uncredited)
Jon Douglas Rainey
Book Club Member (uncredited)
Nancy Ellen Shore
Literary Intellectual (uncredited)
Reginald L. Wilson
Club Patron (uncredited)
Jeremy Alter
Producer
Kristina Nikolova
Producer
Jason Sokoloff
Producer
Touched with Fire Ratings & Reviews
Flavorwire
Jason Bailey
Writer/director Dalio is the real deal - he's got a great eye and ear, and a way with visceral moments of abstract sound and imagery that place the viewer in his characters' headspace.
Rolling Stone
David Ehrlich
Written, directed, edited, scored, and partially lived by bipolar filmmaker Paul Dalio, this intense romantic drama solely exists to prove that his so-called "disorder" isn't a dehumanizing defect.
Detroit News
Adam Graham
"Touched With Fire" is effective in showing the intensity of a new relationship and the barriers people build up around themselves when they take on an us-against-the-world mentality.
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub
"Touched With Fire" raises multiple topics of discussion, then avoids eye contact when it's time for the actual conversation.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
Dalio, who based the film (his directing debut) on his own struggles with bipolar disorder, establishes a gentle, honest tone that never wavers - and demonstrates a knack for vivid imagery that makes him a filmmaker to watch.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
An odd duck but an appealing one.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
It relies on the romantic notion that artistry is an instinctual expression rather than the result of conscious creation and applied aesthetics.
San Diego Reader
Matthew Lickona
It's possible that [director] Dalio recognizes the fantastical element to his tale; why else would he conclude with a packed house for a poetry reading?
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
Dalio's use of images, particularly "Starry Night," is at first creative and then a little over the top. But his story is intriguing.
Washington Post
Stephanie Merry
The production values and melodrama sometimes seem better suited for a small-screen movie. But the drama deserves points for its measured, realistic view of mental illness.
Los Angeles Times
Katie Walsh
Writer-director Dalio has firsthand experience with bipolar disorder, and his perspective sheds fresh light on the unique ways in which manic-depressive individuals experience love and creativity.
Entertainment Weekly
Leah Greenblatt
Touched With Fire has something to say about a thorny, serious subject, but the light it shines doesn't really illuminate anything new.
RogerEbert.com
Susan Wloszczyna
Dalio, who is bipolar himself, takes his portrayal of the illness very seriously and leaves very little room for light-heartedness.
Movie Mom
Nell Minow
Dalio takes us inside, literally shifting the color scheme and the walls of the sets so that we get a sense of how thrilling, liberating, and exhilarating it feels.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
"Touched With Fire" is an actor's field day, and both Mr. Kirby and Ms. Holmes boldly meet the challenge of playing bright, high-strung artists struggling with depression.
NPR
Andrew Lapin
The film has good intentions, straining to allow both the howls of creativity and rational pleas for treatment to ring out. But its insight on either end is unremarkable, and its use of visual metaphors is especially tacky.
AV Club
Jesse Hassenger
As personal, well-performed, and sometimes lyrical as this material is, Dalio also has a peculiar way of making it all play like a public service announcement-like a feature commissioned for a mental-wellness convention.
Village Voice
Alan Scherstuhl
The film is courageous and accomplished, beautifully acted and moving for long, fitful passages.
Slant Magazine
Elise Nakhnikian
The film is a thinly dramatized series of arguments against, then ultimately in favor of the medication of bipolar disorder.
Variety
Joe Leydon
[A] sensitively detailed and emotionally compelling drama about the exhilarating highs and harrowing lows experienced by two manic depressives during their ill-fated romance.
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Touched With Fire
Touched With Fire
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Touched With Fire (Trailer 1)
Touched With Fire (Trailer 1)
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Touched With Fire: A Conversation With Paul Dalio & Dr. Kay Jamison
Touched With Fire: A Conversation With Paul Dalio & Dr. Kay Jamison
Behind the Scenes
Touched With Fire: Hero Katie
Touched With Fire: Hero Katie
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Touched With Fire: Real Poetry
Touched With Fire: Real Poetry
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Touched With Fire: Dried Up Ocean
Touched With Fire: Dried Up Ocean
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Touched With Fire: Meet The Parents
Touched With Fire: Meet The Parents
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Touched With Fire: The Fire Went Out
Touched With Fire: The Fire Went Out
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Touched With Fire: It's Been A Godsend
Touched With Fire: It's Been A Godsend
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Touched With Fire: Person That I Used To Be
Touched With Fire: Person That I Used To Be
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Touched With Fire: Is That What Triggered It?
Touched With Fire: Is That What Triggered It?
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