Set in Belle Époque France, the story follows nineteen-year-old "hysteria" patient Augustine, the star of Professor Charcot's experiments in hypnosis, as she transitions from object of study to object of desire.
Verdan, photographer
Blanche, patient
Conti's secretary
Doctor
Young medical intern
Augustine
Charcot
Constance
Rosalie
Bourneville
Head nurse of the Salpêtrière
Pierre
Conti
Guest at the Charcots’ dinner
Nurse Marguerite
Nurse Louise
Aimée
Servant Mélanie
Cook of the Salpêtrière
Madame Dumonteux
Nurse
First son Dumonteux
Second son Dumonteux
Guest of the Dumonteux
Dumonteux father
Fiancée of second son Dumonteux
Pierrot
Rémi
Serge
Art dealer
Denise
German guest
Russian guest
First patient interviewed
Second patient interviewed
Third patient interviewed
Fourth patient interviewed
Fifth patient interviewed
Sixth patient interviewed
Visionary patient
Patient
