Top Cast
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Soko
Augustine
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Vincent Lindon
Charcot
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Chiara Mastroianni
Constance
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Roxane Duran
Rosalie
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Olivier Rabourdin
Bourneville
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Lise Lamétrie
Head nurse of the Salpêtrière
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Ange Ruzé
Pierre
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Stéphan Wojtowicz
Conti
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Grégory Gadebois
Guest at the Charcots’ dinner
Overview
Set in Belle Époque France, the story follows nineteen-year-old "hysteria" patient Augustine, the star of Professor Charcot's experiments in hypnosis, as she transitions from object of study to object of desire.
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