The Mad Women's Ball

The Mad Women's Ball

2021 · 122 min · FR · 7.1 (352 votes)
Dir. Mélanie Laurent · Starring Lou de Laâge, Mélanie Laurent, Benjamin Voisin, Emmanuelle Bercot, Cédric Kahn, Lomane de Dietrich
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A woman who is unfairly institutionalized at a Paris asylum plots to escape with the help of one of its nurses. Based on the novel 'Le bal des folles' by Victoria Mas.

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A chillingly atmospheric period piece where the oppressive walls of a Parisian asylum trap women in a suffocating, gothic nightmare. It's a tense, melancholic exploration of female solidarity against societal injustice.

gothictensemelancholicsuffocatingsteadyperiod dramaatmosphericfeminist cinemaclaustrophobicfemale solidaritymadnessinstitutionalizationsocial injustice
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paris, francebased on novel or bookinsane asylumwoman directormental hospitalunseen spirithouse of psychotic women
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