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Brain on Fire (2017)

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It's not supposed to happen. Be prepared when it does.

Susannah Cahalan, an up-and-coming journalist at the New York Post becomes plagued by voices in her head and seizures, causing a rapid descent into insanity.

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Director
Gerard Barrett
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    Susannah Cahalan Chloë Grace Moretz
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    Stephen Grywalski Thomas Mann
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    Tom Cahalan Richard Armitage
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    Rhona Nack Carrie-Anne Moss
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    Margo Jenny Slate
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    Richard Tyler Perry
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    Allen Alex Zahara
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    Giselle Jenn MacLean-Angus

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