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Without Prescription
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Olivia is getting ready for her family’s Christmas Eve party. But the obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) voice in her head, which has been under control for some time, suddenly returns, prompting a desperate search for the pills that have helped her in the past.
The lack of health insurance forces Olivia to reach out to her friend Jessica – whom she met years ago in a mental institution. Jessica introduces her to David, the town’s pharmacist’s son, who agrees to sell her the pills.
Trapped inside David’s apartment by a rainstorm, the two strangers start uncovering truths about each other and begin a healing process that doesn’t necessarily involve pills.
An achievement for Puerto Rican cinema, Without Prescription provokes a heated and productive conversation about mental health and health insurance systems.
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