The Mad Women’s Ball is a movie directed by Mélanie Laurent in 2021 and based on the book of the same name by Victoria Mas, first published in 2019. The movie features Mélanie Laurent, Benjamin Voisin, Lou de Laâge, Emmanuelle Bercot, Gregoire Bonnet, Lauréna Thellier, and others.
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Storyline
The story of Eugenie, a luminous and passionate young girl at the end of the 19th century. Eugenie has a unique gift: she hears and sees the dead. When her family discovers her secret, she is taken by her father and brother to the neurological clinic at La Pitié Salpêtrière with no possibility of escaping her fate. A clinic, run by the eminent Professor Charcot.
Movie vs Book
Year
2021
Minutes
121
Movie Rate
6.60
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Mad Women's Ball
Original title: Le bal des folles
Director: Mélanie Laurent
Country: France
Year: 2021
Length: 2h1m
Year
2019
Pages
224
Book Rate
7.64
S: Goodreads
Book
The Mad Women's Ball
Original title: Le Bal des folles
Author: Victoria Mas
Country: France
First published in: 2019
Length: 224 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“I enjoy picturing the characters in the novel and then later, seeing them on the screen, comparing how they're different.”
CAMILLE PERRI (Writer)
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