Augustine
2012 · Movie · NR · 102 min · ★ 5.2 · 75% critics
In Belle Époque France, a young woman is admitted to a hospital after a violent episode and becomes the focus of a celebrated doctor's hypnosis experiments. As their relationship grows more charged, the story explores power, desire, and the troubling treatment of women in that era.
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Details
- Years
- 2012
- Release date
- 2012-11-07
- Language
- French
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.2/10 (70 votes)
About
You may like this if you’re drawn to slow-burning period dramas about women constrained by society, especially if The Mad Women's Ball or Madame Bovary appealed to you; Not for you if you want a faster, more direct historical story.
Pros: intriguing true-life basis; strong performances; moody period atmosphere | Cons: very slow pace; emotionally distant; lacks deeper context
Themes
- france
- epilepsy
- based on true story
- hysteria
- woman director
- 19th century
Awards & recognition
- César Award — Best Costume Design · 2013 · nominated
- César Award — Best First Film · 2013 · nominated
Cast & crew
Soko
as Augustine
Vincent Lindon
as Charcot
Chiara Mastroianni
as Constance
Roxane Duran
as Rosalie
Olivier Rabourdin
as Bourneville
Lise Lamétrie
as Head nurse of the Salpêtrière
Ange Ruzé
as Pierre
Stéphan Wojtowicz
as Conti
Grégory Gadebois
as Guest at the Charcots’ dinner
- VH
Valentine Herrenschmidt
as Nurse Marguerite
Directed by Alice Winocour