This guide focuses on the , directed by Alice Winocour. Based on true events, the film explores the complex relationship between a 19th-century neurologist and a patient diagnosed with "female hysteria." 🎬 Film Overview
The film’s moody and atmospheric score includes notable pieces curated to fit the period setting: Augustine(2012)
: Mild (depicts nudity in medical contexts and brief sexual themes). Violence & Gore : Mild (medical procedures of the era). This guide focuses on the , directed by Alice Winocour
: While based on the real patient Louise Augustine Gleizes, critics have noted that the film omits several darker factual details, such as her history of childhood trauma, and changes her age from 14 to 19. : While based on the real patient Louise
: Set in Paris in 1885, the story follows Augustine , an illiterate teenage housemaid (played by Soko) who is admitted to the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital after a seizure leaves her partially paralyzed.
: Includes "Cantus in Memoriam of Benjamin Britten" by Arvo Pärt and "Tango" by Isaac Albéniz. 🔍 Critical & Historical Context
