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The film depicts his incarceration and time spent in various prisons, leading him to a mental sanatorium known derogatorily as "the funny farm." In this bizarre setting, he navigates forced medication and absurd interactions with inmates. The darkness of his experiences at the sanatorium sharpens the viewer's understanding of Bronson's deteriorating mental state and the extremes he resorts to in order to return to prison, which he finds more tolerable than the institution meant to rehabilitate him.