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Of Woman and Magic (2000)

Directed by Claude Miller

Overview

Claire Weygand, a thirty-year-old young woman who is about to defend her anthropology thesis, unfortunately not only feels bad but even worse and worse with each passing day. The migraine attacks she suffers from indeed keep her from working as hard as she should and in despair she decides to consult Doctor Fish. When the medicine the physician prescribes for her fails, Claire, who can’t take it any more, asks him to hospitalize her. In hospital, Claire shares her room with Odette, a young woman who has lost the use of her legs and Eléonore, a frightening old woman.  The third episode from “The Blindfold” by Siri Hustvedt.

Length 80 minutes

Actors

Anne Brochet | Mathilde Seigner | Edouard Baer | Annie Noël | Yves Jacques | Jacques Mauclair | Edith Scob | Marc Cennelier | Samantha Rénier | Virginie Emane | Philippe Laudenbach