The concept of white psychosis by A. Green and J.-L. Donne in the film J.-K. Lozon "Leolo"

Psychoanalysis of cinema

  • Oksana V. Tsanava
Keywords: white psychosis, psychotic potentiality, triangulation, thinking paralysis, film

Abstract

The article examines the concept of white psychosis by A. Green and J.-L. Donne through the analysis of the main character of the film J.-K. The Lozon "Leolo", as well as a comparative analysis of the characteristics of white psychosis in patient Z, described by Green and Donne in the book "L'enfant de ça. Psychanalyse d'une interview: psychose blanche" (Donnet, Green, 1973) and Leo's film persona in Lauzon's film "Leolo".

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Author Biography

Oksana V. Tsanava

Tsanava Oksana V., psychologist, psychoanalytic psychotherapist (Society of Psychoana- lytic Psychotherapy), associate member of the Moscow Psychoanalytic Association, lecturer at the Higher School of Psychology, supervisor of study groups of the master's program "Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy" at the Higher School of Economics.

Published
2025-10-07
How to Cite
TsanavaO. V. (2025). The concept of white psychosis by A. Green and J.-L. Donne in the film J.-K. Lozon "Leolo". Journal of Clinical and Applied Psychoanalysis, 6(3), 76-92. Retrieved from https://psychoanalysis-journal.hse.ru/article/view/28560
Issue
Vol 6 No 3 (2025): Journal of Clinical and Applied Psychoanalysis
Section
APPLIED PSYCHOANALYSIS