Isabelle Huppert loses her mind beautifully in this forgotten masterpiece about art born from suffering.
Aloise 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.
Acting
Delphine Seyrig's silent, magnetic presence as the institutionalized artist.
Cinematography
Drawings come alive through stunning visual integration.
Direction
De Kermadec's rare female gaze on historical trauma.
Director
Liliane de Kermadec
Delphine Seyrig
Aloïse (adulte)
Marc Eyraud
le père d'Aloïse
Michael Lonsdale
le médecin
Isabelle Huppert
Aloïse (jeune)
Jacques Weber
L'ingénieur
Julien Guiomar
Le directeur du théâtre
Dominique Marcas
Roger Blin
Le professeur de chant
Gilette Barbier
Caroline Huppert
La soeur d'Aloïse
Jacques Debary
L'ancien directeur
Fernand Guiot
Le pasteur de l'asile
Roland Dubillard
Le professeur
Hans Verner
Le chapelain
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