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.
Christian Gasc | Costume Design |
Liliane de Kermadec | Writer |
Jean Penzer | Cinematography |
Michel Farge | Production Design |
Alain Dahan | Producer |
Liliane de Kermadec | Producer |
Paul Vecchiali | Producer |
André Téchiné | Writer |
Claudine Merlin | Editor |
Rémi Pellaton | Production Design |