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5.6
/10
110 Ratings

AUGUSTINE

Directed by Alice Winocour
France, 2012
Drama, History
  • 102102 minutes

Synopsis

Paris, winter 1885. At the Pitié -Salpêtriere Hospital, Professor Charcot is studying a mysterious illness: hysteria. Augustine, 19, becomes his favorite guinea pig, the star of his demonstrations of hypnosis. The object of his studies will soon become the object of his desire…

Synopsis

Paris, winter 1885. At the Pitié -Salpêtriere Hospital, Professor Charcot is studying a mysterious illness: hysteria. Augustine, 19, becomes his favorite guinea pig, the star of his demonstrations of hypnosis. The object of his studies will soon become the object of his desire…