本片根据纽约市的英籍神经医师奥利佛·萨克斯（Oliver Sacks）的同名回忆录改编。1969年，羞怯内向但对实验充满热忱的脑科医生马尔科姆·塞尔（罗宾·威廉姆斯 Robin Williams 饰）来到纽约市布朗克斯区一家医院，对院内的强直性昏厥证患者进行治疗。在护士埃莉诺（朱莉·卡夫娜 Julie Kavner 饰）的帮助和鼓励下，塞尔医生对病人大胆用药，使一群昏厥几十年的患者重获新生，尤其对患者伦纳德·洛（罗伯特·德尼罗 Robert De Niro）效果尤为明显。但令人意外的是，患者们在苏醒后不久，又纷纷出现了病情恶化的趋势……
本片获奥斯卡最佳影片、最佳男主角（罗伯特·德尼罗）和最佳改编剧本奖提名，并获金球奖剧情类影片最佳男主角提名（罗宾·威廉姆斯）。
Loosely based on a real incident, 200: Halla Ho is the story of women, terrorised by a mobster whose gang raped, robbed, terrorised and murdered 300 families for 15 years until he met his nemesis in a young Dalit girl.（机翻:根据一件真实的事件改编，200:Hala Ho讲述了一个女人的故事，在15年的时间里，她被一名暴徒轮奸、抢劫、恐吓并杀害了300个家庭，直到他遇到了他的死对头一个年轻的贱民女孩。）Balli Chaudhary is a mobster, whose gang rapes, murders, robs and terrorises 300 families without any fear of law, for a period of 15 years. He takes special interest in using the rape threat to break and humiliate the Dalit community. He allegedly rapes over 40 women and children, gets arrested 14 times but is never sentenced, therefore he has no fear of law and randomly picks up any woman he fancies - irrespective of their age. The police refuse to help the Dalits and go on to sell out the complainants to Balli. His reign of terror continues till he meets his nemesis in a young and educated Dalit girl - Usha Narayane. She files and FIR against Balli, and when cornered by him and his gang, threatens to burn them down. This inspires the villagers to revolt against Balli and file 40 FIRs, however when all their hopes of getting justice vanish, the women of the basti decide to take matters into their own hands and make a fitting example out of Balli. The story of 200: Halla Ho, is loosely based on a real-life incident from Nagpur.机翻:Balli Chaudhary是一名暴徒，他在15年的时间里肆无忌惮地强奸、谋杀、抢劫和恐吓300个家庭。他对利用强奸威胁破坏和羞辱贱民社区特别感兴趣。据称，他强奸了40多名妇女和儿童，被捕14次，但从未被判刑，因此，他不惧怕法律，随意勾搭任何他喜欢的女人--无论她们的年龄如何。警察拒绝帮助达利特人，继续将申诉人出卖给Balli。他的恐怖统治一直持续下去，直到他遇到了他的死对头，一个受过良好教育的年轻贱民女孩--乌莎·纳拉扬。她冲向巴利，并逃跑，当他和他的团伙走投无路时，威胁要烧毁他们。这激发了村民对Balli的反抗，并提交了40份FIR，然而，当他们获得正义的所有希望化为泡影时，basti的妇女决定自己动手，并以Balli为榜样。200年的故事：Halla Ho，是松散地根据一个现实生活中的事件发生在那格浦尔）
