Aloise (1974)
Directed by Liliane de Kermadec
Genres - Drama, Historical Film |
Sub-Genres - Biopic [feature], Docudrama, Psychological Drama |
Run Time - 115 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Clarke Fountain
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.
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artist, atrocity, craziness, mental-illness, music