The Mad Women's Ball

(2021)

★ 7.1 IMDb · 366 votes

Genres: Thriller, Drama, History

Year: 2021

Runtime: 122 мин

Country: France

Director: Мелани Лорэн

Cast: Лу де Лааж, Мелани Лорэн, Benjamin Voisin, Emmanuelle Bercot, Cédric Kahn, Lomane de Dietrich, Christophe Montenez, Coralie Russier, Alice Barnole, Lauréna Thellier

Plot

A woman who is unfairly institutionalized at a Paris asylum plots to escape with the help of one of its nurses. Based on the novel 'Le bal des folles' by Victoria Mas.

The story of Eugenie, a luminous and passionate young girl at the end of the 19th century. Eugenie has a unique gift: she hears and sees the dead. When her family discovers her secret, she is taken by her father and brother to the neurological clinic at La Pitié Salpêtrière with no possibility of escaping her fate. A clinic, run by the eminent Professor Charcot.