K-PAX tells the story of Prot (Kevin Spacey), a mysterious
patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a
distant planet called K-PAX. While his psychiatrist, Dr.
Mark Powell (Jeff Bridges),is baffled by this cheerfully
confident man, Prot’s descriptions of life on a planet 1000
light years away awaken a sense of possibility among the
other patients. When Prot says he’s going back before the
summer ends, all the patients on the ward vie to go with
him. As the days before Prot’s announced departure from
earth race by, Dr. Powell struggles with questions of
science versus faith and wonders about his own ability to
distinguish reality from delusion. |
