Screenings

Augustine

Sunday, Jul 8, 2012
8:00pm -> 10:00pm
Critics' Week - Cannes 2012

Metropolis Empire Sofil

Paris, winter 1885. At the Pitié Salpêtriere Hospital, Professor Charcot is studying a mysterious illness: hysteria. Augustine, 19 years old, 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.

Directed by: Alice Winocour
Starring: Vincent Lindon, Soko, and Chiara Mastroianni

In French with English subtitles.