The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

June. 05,1987      
Rating:
8.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Opera singer and professor Dr P is examined both in a clinic and in his home, as he suffers from a degeneration of the occipital lobe that allows him to see details but not wholes.

Oliver Sacks as  Himself

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