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Rupture: Living with a Broken Brain

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12/07/2012

BBC Four - Rupture: Living with a Broken Brain

Maryam d'Abo recounts her recovery from a brain haemorrhage and meets other survivors.

Documentary in which actress Maryam d'Abo, who suffered a brain haemorrhage in 2007, guides us through her personal journey of recovery and meets other survivors of brain injuries.

In 2007 former Bond girl Maryam d'Abo suffered a brain hemorrhage. The experience inspired her to make a film on survivors of brain injuries, giving a sense of hope to those who are isolated from the disease. As she guides us through her personal journey of recovery, she talks to others who have suffered brain injury along the way: literary editor of the London Observer Robert McCrum, jazz guitarist Pat Martino, music producer Quincy Jones and many more. Alongside the testimony of eminent neurosurgeons, neurologists and neuro-psychologists, their first-hand stories celebrate man's life force and will to survive. 

Directed by Maryam's husband Hugh Hudson, who witnessed her illness, the film offers a unique insight into the fragility of the extraordinary human brain.

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