Taglines: From subject of study to object of desire.
A look at the relationship between pioneering 19th century French neurologist Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot and his star teenage patient, a kitchen maid who is left partially paralyzed after a seizure.
In Belle Epoque Paris, 19-year-old kitchen maid Augustine suffers an inexplicable seizure that leaves her partially paralyzed and is shipped off to an all-female psychiatric hospital specializing in the then-fashionable ailment of ‘hysteria’. Augustine captures the attention of renowned neurologist Dr. Charcot (Vincent Lindon) after she has another attack that appears to give her intense physical pleasure. Intrigued, he begins using her as his principal subject, hypnotizing her in front of his fellow doctors. As Augustine displays her spectacular fits in lecture halls, the lines between doctor and patient become blurred, radically impacting the course of both of their lives.
Augustine (2013)
Directed by: Alice Winocour
Starring: Vincent Lindon, Soko, Chiara Mastroianni, Lise Lamétrie, Olivier Rabourdin, Roxane Duran, Sophie Cattani
Screenplay by: Alice Winocour
Production Design by: Arnaud de Moleron
Cinematography by: Georges Lechaptois
Film Editing by: Julien Lacheray
Costume Design by: Pascaline Chavanne
Art Direction by: Arnaud de Moleron
Music by: Jocelyn Pook
MPAA Rating: None.
Studio: Music Box Films
Release Date: May 17, 2013
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