Directed by:
Alice WinocourScreenplay:
Alice WinocourCinematography:
Georges LechaptoisComposer:
Jocelyn PookCast:
Vincent Lindon, Soko, Chiara Mastroianni, Roxane Duran, Grégoire Colin, Sophie Cattani, Olivier Rabourdin, Déborah Révy, Stéphan Wojtowicz, Lise Lamétrie (more)VOD (1)
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Augustine is an examination of the real case story and unusual relationship between Dr Jean-Martin Charcot, the pioneering 19th century French neurologist (under whom Sigmund Freud studied) and Augustine, his star teenage patient. In Belle Epoque Paris, 19-year-old kitchen maid Augustine suffers an inexplicable seizure that leaves her partially paralysed and is shipped off to an all-female psychiatric hospital specialising 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, hypnotising 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. Based on a true story, this darkly sensual romantic drama chronicles one woman's sexual awakening against the backdrop of neo-Victorian psychology and social repression. (SBS)
(more)Cast
Vincent Lindon
France
Best movies:
Welcome (2009)
Hate (1995)
Betty Blue (1986)
Soko
France
Best movies:
Her (2013)
In the Beginning (2009)
Little Fish (2020)
Chiara Mastroianni
France
Best movies:
Persepolis (2007)
Don’t Forget You’re Going to Die (1995)
Les Chansons d'Amour (2007)
Roxane Duran
France
Best movies:
The White Ribbon (2009)
The Bélier Family (2014)
Breathe (2014)
Grégoire Colin
France
Best movies:
Before the Rain (1994)
The Dreamlife of Angels (1998)
Olivier, Olivier (1992)
Sophie Cattani
Best movies:
Mise à nu (2021) (TV movie)
Tomboy (2011)
Nobody from Nowhere (2014)
Olivier Rabourdin
France
Best movies:
Taken (2008)
Welcome (2009)
Midnight in Paris (2011)
Déborah Révy
France
Best movies:
My Little Princess (2011)
Augustine (2012)
Les Saveurs du Palais (2012)
Stéphan Wojtowicz
Best movies:
The Bélier Family (2014)
11.6 (2013)
Cycling with Molière (2013)
Lise Lamétrie
France
Best movies:
Romantics Anonymous (2010)
Van Gogh (1991)
Hard Candy (2005)
Damien Bonnard
France
Best movies:
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Grégoire Monsaingeon
Best movies:
Augustine (2012)
Transit (2018)
Jeune femme (2017)
Ange Ruzé
Best movies:
Intimate Enemies (2007)
Sister (2012)
Dans La Cour (2014)
Audrey Bonnet
Best movies:
Augustine (2012)
Nicolas Le Floch (2008) (series)
Les Anarchistes (2015)
Frans Boyer
France
Best movies:
See You Up There (2017)
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Rémy Ourdan
Best movies:
Augustine (2012)
Jeanne Cohendy
Best movies:
Populaire (2012)
Augustine (2012)
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Laure Josnin
Best movies:
Augustine (2012)
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My Golden Days (2015)
Julie Ravix
Best movies:
Paroles et musique (1984)
Augustine (2012)
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