The Mad Women's Ball
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A woman unjustly committed to a Paris asylum plots her escape with the help of a sympathetic nurse.
Why watch: Mélanie Laurent exposes the misogynistic roots of 19th-century psychiatry.
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Cast
Lou de Laâge as Eugénie Cléry
Mélanie Laurent as Geneviève Gleizes
Benjamin Voisin as Théophile Cléry
Emmanuelle Bercot as Jeanne
Cédric Kahn as François Cléry
Lomane de Dietrich as Louise
Christophe Montenez as Jules
Coralie Russier as Camille
Alice Barnole as Henriette
Lauréna Thellier as Marguerite
Martine Schambacher as Thérèse
Martine Chevallier as Grand-mère Cléry
Valérie Stroh as Mère Cléry
André Marcon as Docteur Gleizes
Grégoire Bonnet as Docteur Charcot
Crew
Mélanie Laurent — Director
Mélanie Laurent — Screenplay
Axelle Boucaï — Producer
Alain Goldman — Producer
Nicolas Karakatsanis — Director of Photography
Anny Danché — Editor
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