Unit 7 — Unit 7 Such is the name for the department of the Amsterdam prison ?Bijlmerbajes? where prisoners end up who can no longer be obtained in a regular prison due to acute lack of manageable psychiatric problems.   This -not only by its form- impressive feature length film by Zoli Schwarcz, starts initially with the quite before the storm: in a telephonic conversation regarding the diagnostic and medical needs of a man, psychotic, aggressive and a tendens to defecate himself. The slow and increased tension by the team consisting of strong men and a single woman, builds as they wait for the ambulance to arrive. Followed by the confrontation, the tiresome placement to the isolated confinement room, the initial dialogue, the cleansing, and finally the admission. Relief. Thrice we follow this procedure, each time increasingly more violent and problematic. It is here that we witness the weakest in terms of mental illness (who evolve superhuman strength ), both in and out of the prison unmanageable. Their condition and circumstances are grim, as is their potential for harm to themselves and others. Unrecognizable in personal composition, but one still comes extreme close, regardless of their peculiar psyche you remain in an often bizarre juxtaposition between rationality and madness. Amongst the extreme situations there is room for routine, in the form of conversations, interaction between patient-inmates and staff. Magnificent is the scene where a female physician manages to convince an agitated patient the necessity for medication. According to the patient it is not necessary but perhaps it would be in the best interest of the "crazies" surrounding him to calm down. Often persuasion is unsuccessful and coercion is enforced. For such considerations is also the viewer to stand. As for the question: will it be hospitalization for life? The editing of the film is realtime, voice overs over are not used