The Mad Women's Ball

2021 Drama | Suspense/Thriller | History
71%

Eugenie has a unique gift: she hears and sees the dead. When her family discovers her secret, at the end of the 19th century, she is taken by her father and brother to the neurological clinic at La Pitié Salpêtrière with no possibility of escaping her fate. Her destiny becomes entwined with that of Geneviève, a nurse at the hospital.

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by Deirdre Molumby
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French film 'The Mad Women's Ball' proves both harrowing and compelling

‘The Mad Women’s Ball’ is set in 1885 and depicts the story of two women who come to have a life-changing impact on one another. Admitting to her family that she can see and communicate with the dead, Eugénie Cléry (Lou de Laâge) is incarcerated in a psychological institution. There she meets other patients and the head nurse, Geneviève (Mélanie Laurent), who plots to help Eugénie escape after she agrees to bring her communication from her deceased sister.

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