Overview
Aloise 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.
Cast
- Isabelle Huppert as Aloïse (jeune)
- Delphine Seyrig as Aloïse (adulte)
- Marc Eyraud as le père d'Aloïse
- Michael Lonsdale as le médecin
- Valerie Schoeller as Élise jeune
- Monique Lejeune as Élise adulte
- Julien Guiomar as Le directeur du théâtre
- Roger Blin as Le professeur de chant
- Jacques Debary as L'ancien directeur
- Roland Dubillard as Le professeur