Overview
The painful life of a mentally unstable but highly gifted woman is unveiled in this film, based on episodes from the life of an actual person. Aloise (Delphine Seyrig) creates a series of haunting drawings while she is incarcerated in an institution for the insane in turn-of-the-century Switzerland. She endures torments as a musically gifted girl and later as a young woman; her developing madness and the barbaric treatments of the time are shown.
DirectorLiliane de Kermadec
ProducersAlain Dahan, Liliane de Kermadec, Paul Vecchiali, Guy Cavagnac
WritersLiliane de Kermadec, André Téchiné
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LanguageGerman, French
Production companiesUnité Trois