Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane

Language : English
Year : 1941
Medical Theme : Obsessive compulsive disorder
Actors : Orson Welles, Joseph Cotton, Dorothy Comingore
Storyline : Citizen Kane is one of the most critically acclaimed films the world has ever seen and even today it is considered by most critics as one of the greatest films ever made. The film centers around the life of a reclusive media tycoon, Charles Foster Kane and the film is made mostly of flashbacks, where Kane’s friends are seen narrating his story after he is dead. Kane enters the media business when he is twenty-five and rapidly grows to becomes a powerful wealthy man. But the problem is, as Kane grows wealthier he slowly starts to compromise on his values and as a result he becomes lonely, fearful and avoids all human contacts, while living alone in his grand mansion.