Hysteria

Director: Tanya Wexler

Actors: Jonathan Pryce, Hugh Dancy, Felicty Jones

Release Date: Monday 30th November -0001

Genre(s): Romance

Running time: 100 minutes

**PREVIEW**

Set in Victorian London, this tells the story of Dr. Mortimer Granville (Hugh Dancy), a young doctor who is finding it difficult to get himself noticed. He is hired by Dr. Robert Dalrymple (Jonathan Pryce) to investigate treatments for women suffering from 'female hysteria' through the medium of 'pelvic massage'. Along the way, Granville accidentally invents the world's first vibrator, while also dealing with advances by Dalrymple's two insatiable daughters (Maggie Gyllenhaal and Felicity Jones). But despite this risque story and unique setting, the movie itself seems like a straight-and-narrow rom-com, featuring an apparently scene-stealing turn by Rupert Everett, as the rich bachelor with no interest in the ladies