Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase
Movie • 1990 • Drama
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A woman who suffers from multiple personality disorder is found during therapy to have suffered child abuse in this fact-based story.
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A rabbit is shot towards the beginning, ~10 min in. You will see it coming
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Child’s implied pet rabbit is shot, ~10min in
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Protagonist has several outbursts
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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Daughter forgives her mom when she learns about "the troops"
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Is there a large age gap?
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Nonconsensual, but yes
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~10min in an animal is shot on the farm
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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There are numerous flashbacks where reality mixes with past sounds and visions
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Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
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Main character has DID and the actor is not known to have DID
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Truddi talks about killing and stabbing intention is portrayed, but it never happens
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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The main character has different forms of emotional dysregulation represented and anxiety is implicit in outbursts and flashbacks
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone tortured?
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It's implied that the main character is psychologically abused for the joy of the abuser
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Are needles/syringes used?
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There's a hospital scene where the protagonist is hooked to a bag, but it's not explicit
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Entire movie revolves around DID and the resulting PTSD
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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I would say this is open to interpretation and how you define interpersonal violence, especially against children. Overt violence, however, no.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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~1:00:15 “Light my cigarette” is how the sentence begins
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Light to moderate cussing, not absurd obscenity.
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Are there abusive parents?
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Both the parents of the protagonist and the protagonist themself end up being abusive, but works on it
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Is there childbirth?
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It’s a plot point that the main character has a child but she is never show pregnant or during the birth, just after in the hospital.
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Yes, much of the movie centers around the main character’s parenting (which is less than ideal), but at one point she learns the cycle of abuse and attempts to break it.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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I wish there was a “maybe” option. At one point the main characters husband compares them (a system) to “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” which feels pretty ableist
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Are there snakes?
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~12min, as Truddi climbs out of the car children will tell Truddi to look at it before it is shown, which is brief. Again at ~1:37:00 - 1:37:35, snakes are thrown down at the main character
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Cuts away but heavily implied, ~9 min in
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Cuts away but heavily implied, ~9 min in
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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There isn’t either, but the main character discusses in many scenes losing time or not remembering or having amnesiaesque symptoms that might be potentially triggering.
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Is rape mentioned?
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~17:30, two system alters discuss shared memories.
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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There is one scene of an animal getting hurt, however it seems fake and there are no articles or anything findable about an animal getting harmed during the filming.
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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This movie is based off an autobiography (When Rabbits Howl) of a real system with D.I.D. There is plenty that is accurate because of this, but a number of things were over dramatized for the sake of the movie. The movie does at least start with a disclaimer saying it's a dramatization, which helps the audience understand that from the beginning. But if you want accurate representation, it's better to read the book, if possible, because of liberties taken in the movie. (The main negative is the overarching narrative of them traveling with the intention of killing their abuser, which I believe was made up for the movie. So the inclusion of that definitely adds to stigma and is a misrepresentation).
The Troops offer representation of a number of less covered topics, such as somewhat larger systems (over 90 alters), that integration is not the only path of healing, and they show that there are different relationship dynamics between alters etc. Among a number of other things.
The Troops offer representation of a number of less covered topics, such as somewhat larger systems (over 90 alters), that integration is not the only path of healing, and they show that there are different relationship dynamics between alters etc. Among a number of other things.
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