The Contestant

2023

90 mins

Directed by Clair Titley
Recommended
93%
86%
Documentary

The incredible true story of a man who lived for 15 months trapped inside a small room, naked, starving and... More

The incredible true story of a man who lived for 15 months trapped inside a small room, naked, starving and alone... and completely unaware that his life was being broadcast on national TV in Japan, to over 15 million viewers a week.

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The Contestant | Ratings & Reviews

Forcefully engaging

Lesser filmmakers would have bled this bleak, insane, forcefully engaging story—about abuse and exploitation in the early days of reality TV—into a series. Not here. This feature cuts all the fat, leaving us with one of the leanest docos of the year.