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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 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.
Credits: Producer, Alain Dahan ; director, Liliane de Kermadec ; writers, Liliane de Kermadec, Andre Techine ; photography, Jean Penzer.
Cast: Roger Blin, Delphine Seyrig, Jacques Weber, Isabelle Huppert, Julien Guiomar, Michel Lonsdale.
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ACMI Identifier
X000468
Languages
English
French
Subject category
Foreign language films
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)