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Aloïse (1975)
Directed by Liliane de Kermadec
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.
Length 115 minutes
Actors
Delphine Seyrig | Marc Eyraud | Michael Lonsdale | Isabelle Huppert | Jacques Weber | Julien Guiomar | Dominique Marcas | Roger Blin | Gilette Barbier | Caroline Huppert | Jacques Debary | Fernand Guiot | Roland Dubillard | Hans Verner | Gilberte Rivet