"Augustine" "Soup, sir?" "Meet my friends." "They can advise you." "When can I see them?" "Madame?" "I'm delighted you lost." "Maybe it'll calm you down." " What do you mean by "delighted"?" " Just that." "You alright?" "What have you got?" " Do you want me to serve for you?" " No, it'll go away." "Are you sure?" "Augustine, it's ready." " What is she doing?" " She's sick!" "That's no excuse." "We need a good broker." "Stop!" "Stop, stop." " Does that hurt?" " No." " When did the attack come on?" " Yesterday evening." "Take it off." "You're bruised all over." " I fell and banged myself." " Do these attacks happen often?" " Every week?" " No." " Every month?" " Something like that." "But never as bad as this one." " Do you remember anything?" " No." "Show me your tongue." "Out." "You can get dressed." "Do you have brothers and sisters?" " Yes." " How many?" " Nine." "Still got six." " Three died." " From what?" "They were babies." " And how old are you?" " 19." " Do you have any children?" " No." " Do you work?" " Yes." "I've been serving in a house since I was 14." "Did you bring your things?" "No." "We need to keep you to do some tests." "Really?" " For how long?" " I can't say." "Do you know what's wrong?" "Pierre..." "You'll be taken to the canteen." "Afterwards you'll be admitted." "Come with me." "Rosalie." "Stop it." "Stop." "Stop!" "You can go where you want in the hospital, but you can't leave the building." "I don't advise you try to." "After lunch, you go to work." "Everybody works in the afternoon." "You know anything about cooking?" "I won't be here for long." "Come on." "Holy Guardian Angel, let my eyes open again." "Holy Guardian Angel, let me be healed." "I pray thee, Holy Guardian Angel." "I beg you." "Grant that all goes well." "I beg you." " I beg you." " No need to pray." "Nobody hears you here." "Not even Charcot." "Charcot's the one to pray to, here." "Who's that?" "Wait there." " Did you see Charcot?" " Yes." " Did he touch you?" " Yes." "Next lot." "Quietly." "Go over there." " What are you looking at?" " That's him." " How long's she had this?" " About a month." "Why wasn't this recorded ?" "Pardon, professor." "I'll take care of it." "Right." "So take a photograph." "Come on." "Next case." "Bed 7-l4." "Blanche." "At 16, she was raped." " At 12 she was..." " That'll do...we know Blanche." "When did you have your last attack?" "Two weeks ago." "Nothing since?" " That hurts you?" " Yes." " Since when?" " I don't know." "Breath out." "Again." "Breathe out." "She has a chest infection." "She won't last long." "You can get dressed." "That's all for today." "We'll continue tomorrow." "Everybody out." "What are you still doing over there?" "Come on." "Look who's here!" "Include some meat with all meals." "I'm warning you..." "that'll be expensive." "Take it out of the till." " It's empty." " Work out something." "Check with the accountant." "They need meat." " Why haven't I seen her before?" " She just arrived." "Sit down." "Don't be frightened." "Does that hurt?" "Does it hurt there when I press?" "It's happened before?" "Take her." "Close your eyes." "Tell me if you feel something." "Here?" "There?" "There?" "You feel something?" " There?" " Yes." " There?" " No." "There?" "No." "Exactly what we described." "She's insensitive on the right side." "In a perfect geometric line." "Prepare a needle." "Keep calm." "Do you feel anything?" "No." "There?" "Why do I feel nothing?" " Are you going to fix me?" " Get dressed." "Are you thinking of presenting her to the faculty?" "I don't know." "It's still too soon to say." "Depends on how she reacts to being in public." " Menstruation?" " Non-existent." "Yet she has the appearance of a mature woman." "Do you know what menstruation is?" "Don't you know?" "See the doctor about that." "Can't you tell me?" "You'll see when it happens." "It comes quickly." "I get a lump in my throat." "And I'm hot..." "and my head spins." "My arms burn." "I felt the sky was opening up, like canal locks..." "That I was going to reach the sea." "Anything was possible." "What's your name?" "Have you been here long?" "Don't you want to speak to me?" "I was going around the gallery today." "I saw a woman's portrait that you'd like." " You should come and see it" " I'll try next week." " That's what you always say." " I promise I'll try." "Dr Charcot would like some more, Melanie." " Thank you." "I was thinking of inviting the Vantels." "He's a great admirer of your work." "He paints a lot." "Simple stuff." "You see it everywhere." "Don't know him." " Don't put him down." " Scram!" "He's in with the ministry." "He'd be good for your reputation." "He'd help in your ambitions for the Medical Academy." "Talk to Conti." "He's close to my father." "He'll see you." "I'm grateful." "Why are you giving me that stupid smirk?" " Because I think you're very beautiful." " Thank you." "It took me all afternoon." "Buzz off!" "I couldn't wait for you any longer." "Good to meet you." "Constance has told me so much about you." "I was told that your work is progressing." "We've spent a lot on modernizing the hospital." "Soon, we'll know about this disease." "I need the Academy behind me to be able to continue." "If the faculty members could make a move, if they attended a demonstration I could convince them." "I've always been interested in your hysterical women." "I find it very moving, but isn't it a bit sordid for the Academy?" "I have a case to present to them." "I hope she'll be as impressive as the last time." "They aren't all your friends." "It won't be easy." "But I have some influence." "See me when you're ready." " That'll be soon." " I can't tell you anymore." " What'd they say?" " They don't know." "They're looking." " Weren't you listening when they were talking?" " Yes, but I didn't understand anything." "What is it?" "Nothing." "Isn't it horrible?" "Why don't you wear a ribbon?" "There you are!" "Come on, they're waiting for you." "Now?" "Can't we wait here a bit longer?" "No...hurry up!" "You'll come back?" "Promise." "Come in." "Leave us." "Take that off for me." "Recite the days of the week." "Are you going to make me better?" "You just have to answer my questions." "I have to know your capabilities." "What capabilities?" "Maybe you're an idiot." "Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday" "Friday..." " Now the months." "January, February, March, April" "May, June..." " What month are we in now?" "November." "Fine." "Take a seat." "Write something for me." " Write what?" " Whatever comes into your head." " Do you think I'm an idiot?" "I'm going to introduce you to some important people." "If that works out I'll show you to The Faculty." "I hope I'm not wrong about you." "Pierre." "Holy Guardian Angel..." "make me better!" "I beg you..." "Holy Guardian Angel." "May I open my eyes and all will be well!" "Holy Guardian Angel." "Archangel Gabriel," "Holy Angel and Archangel, protect me." "Help me." "Give me strength." "Amen." " Is she to be naked for the lesson?" " No, that'd be absurd to see her naked with a feathered hat." "What are you waiting for?" "..." "In you go!" "My dear friends..." "thank you for coming." "The patient standing before you is named Augustine." "Augustine is 19 years old." "She's had attacks of hysteria over some months." "She has all the symptoms that have been described as "ovarian hysteria"." "You will note the paralysis of the right eye." "It's a beautiful specimen of "hysterical wink"." "It's a permanent paralysis." "Although the symptoms are present, we've not found any organ damage." "As with everything involving hysteria, it defies the laws of anatomy." "We're going to put her under hypnosis." "And thereby reproduce the attack." "In order to better identify, better observe, and better classify the symptoms." "Mr Verdan who is here, will take photographs of the proceedings." "Mr Bourneville, please go ahead with the hypnosis in your own good time." "Augustine." "look at the mirror." "Look at the light in the mirror." "Follow it." "That's right." "Again." "Stare at it." "Stare hard at it." "Now." "Do you know who you are?" "I don't know." "Do you know what the Salpêtrière is?" "Yes." "It's the name of the hospital where they treat me." "Do you know this gentleman?" "No." "Do you know me?" "Yes." "You're Mr Charcot." "Look at these hat-feathers." "Yes!" "Oh yes!" "Yes!" "Oh yes!" "Carry her out." " You have an American beauty." " Is that good?" " Charcot has a new patient." " Yes my husband told me." " No thanks." " Were you there?" "I missed it." "I wasn't in Paris." "A pity..." "It was absolutely fascinating." " Did you read Humbert?" " What'd he say about it?" "He compares her to  Sarah Bernhardt." " Who you talking about?" " Your husband's patient." "Augustine." "She's quite attractive." "Yes." "But what she reveals is not suitable for children." " Excuse me." "Who are you talking about?" " Your new protégé." "You're talking about a patient." "We're not a circus." "But isn't it you who activates her seizures." "I activate them in order to study the symptoms." "Nothing more." "Are you suggesting that I'm actually creating an illness?" "Have you seen those 16th century prints of women who were possessed?" " But..." " Answer my question!" " No." "Those prints show exactly the same thing that we see at the hospital." "These girls who were burned were only sick." "But I'm only seeking one thing to understand." "Where does this illness originate?" "Its seat is located in the brain." "An injury with no physical evidence." " It is irreparable?" " Sometimes a shock is enough... to cure it..." "either an emotional or physical one." "So if it's in the brain why are their delusions always sexual?" "Why is it always like that?" "That's nothing to do with the illness." "It's only about delusions." "Enough shop-talk about medicine." "Serge, tell us about what you're up to." "You're preparing to climb Mont Blanc." "That's very dangerous." "Aren't you scared?" "Aren't you coming to bed?" "Just a minute." "Have you heard about this Augustine?" "No, madame." "This morning, a wound appeared on the left shoulder blade." "Although the wound is deep, there has been no bleeding." "Other parts of the body are very sensitive to friction." "Tweezers..." "You may go." "Raise your arm." "Hair." "Get dressed." "What is menstruation?" "You said I've never had it." "It's bleeding that happens to women every month." "You always talk about simple things using complicated words." "Why hasn't it happened to me?" "It'll happen when you're cured." " When I'm cured?" " Exactly." "Off you go now!" "It's here." "You can thank Mr Charcot." "Alright?" "I feel as though I've been invested with a divine mission." "And I've been to Sacré-Cœur at the Basilica of Montmartre." "And there," "I walked down the main aisle," "I dropped my coat on the floor," "I went up on stage, and I screamed about the need to liberate women." "And I saw these nuns at the back with their veils." "And I wanted to say to them:" "" Stop submitting yourselves."" "It always started up with a sound." "It was my heart beat that I could hear in my ears." "And it was the..." "It made this noise: "Pom"." "I took a piece of glass." "I slashed myself all over my body with the piece of glass." "And afterwards..." "Afterwards, I was better." "That's alright...calm down." "Come on, Fatso!" "You gonna help me?" "It's only a chicken." "The paralysis moved to the left in a geometrical way." "Like an Old Master's drawing." "The left hand is paralysed in a clasp insensible to cold or heat." "You listening to the left side?" "Move your hand." "A ticking watch against her left ear is barely heard." "It can be heard 10 cm from the right ear." "Vaginal temperature is steady." "On the left, Augustine does not distinguish red." "On the right she distinguishes everything except violet." "The sense of smell is absent on the left, a little decreased to the right..." "Sugar, salt and pepper are not distinguished." "Put under hypnosis, she is totally rigid." "She can maintain a posture for a long time." "We have never pushed the experiment more than 5 minutes." "A weight of 40 kilos on her stomach does not bend her body." "Yesterday, she dreamed that we put down animals in the slaughterhouse." "She saw animals falling and bleeding." "In the morning, she finally had her period." "Character:" "Active, intelligent, loving, impressionable.:" "The sight of men is agreeable to her." "She loves to show off and be pampered." "A pretty girl, she likes grooming, and arranging her plentiful hair, one way or another." "She adores coloured ribbons." " Can I have an apple?" " No." "Not much about love in here." " What do you know about love?" " Lots of things." "I've already had letters written to me." "Well, well." "Are you surprised?" "Yes, that does surprise me." "Keep still." "I have a lot more to do." "Give that to Dr Bourneville." "Did you find it?" "Yes." ""Augustine, under the watchful eye of Professor Charcot" ""performed a series of living tableaux before our eyes" ""that outshone the most sublime efforts of Art..." ""No actor, or painter," ""neither a Rachel or a Sarah Bernhardt" ""have reached this power of expression."" " Is that all?" " Yes." "I've packed your bag." " For Bordeaux." "The congress." " Thanks." "You seem annoyed." "I haven't prepared my lecture." " You'll improvise." " I never improvise." "Lie down." "Aren't we waiting for Mr Charcot?" " Isn't he coming?" " He's gone on a trip." "He didn't say anything to me." "He has other things to do than warn his patients." "Put me down!" "Put me down!" "Put me down!" "So where are you up to?" "I have a patient to present to you." "Really?" "Are you sure?" "Certain." "That's not the way to convince the Academy." "Augustine will convince the assembly." " She's a magnificent patient." " I hope you're right." "I'll see what I can do." "Come in." " You wanted me." " Get Augustine down here." " It's been bad for her since you left." " Get her." " She's so weak." "She refuses to eat." "I gave her laudanum, but she spits it out." "Why is she strapped down?" " She was very agitated." " Get it off for me." "Go and bring me some soup." " Soup at this hour?" " Just do as I say!" "If you don't eat, I won't be able to heal you." " It's cold." " Yes, the kitchens are closed." "Eat." "She eats very well..." "what are you talking about?" "Change her sheets." "We'll start the tests again tomorrow." "You left." "Where were you?" "In Bordeaux." " Is it beautiful?" " Very beautiful." "I'd love to go there." "You can go when you're healed." "Make her bed." "Come and see this." "You want to hold it?" " What's his name?" " Zibidi." "It's a girl." "Don't be scared." "No." "Don't be scared." "I'm not scared." "She's nice." "She usually stays at my place." "It gets too cold at the hospital." "Gently." "Gently." " Zibidi, come." " She seems to understand you." " She does understand me." "She's ancestor to us all." "Off you go." "Off you go." ""She wakes with a start and sits in her bed." ""As if someone were beside her." ""Gives kisses." "Lies down again." ""She calls an imaginary lover with coarse language." ""Her arms are crossed on her breast." ""Her body is covered in sweat."" "Good." "You can go back, Pierre." "What time are the transmissions tonight?" "Midnight." ""Dr Charcot made us hysterical." ""This indoor-breeder of hysterics" ""maintains, at great expense, a group of nervous women" ""into whom he inoculates madness, turning them into" ""women possessed." ""You cheat on your husband?" "You're hysterical." ""But sensually hysterical." ""You lie about everything?" "Hysterical." ""You over-eat?" "Hysterical." ""Are you nervous?" "Hysterical." "You are this," ""you are that." "You are like every woman" ""since the beginning of the world:" "hysterics."" "Who wrote that?" "Maupassant." "He's an idiot." "An imbecile." "Any news from the Academy?" "Not yet." "Get undressed." "Lie down." "You're sure it can change paralysis?" "That's what we're going to find out." "Loosen it." "Get dressed." "Why do you make me do it in public?" "Do you want to be healed or not?" "You always say that and nothing happens." "My cousin misses me." "She's coming over." "You'll see her at Christmas." " At Christmas?" "That's what I said...at Christmas." "I'd hoped to be out of here by then." "I've had enough of all your experiments." "I can't wait to be cured and leave." " Where will you go?" " I'll find work." " All on your own?" "That would amaze me." "To find work in the state you're in!" " I'll manage." " I'll find you something when the time is right." " I don't need you." " You can't read or write." "Even a maid needs that." "I hate you." "Conti brought an envelope." "It's on the table." "So your demonstration will take place?" "Yes." "When?" "Tuesday." "You must be happy." "Happy about what?" "You still asleep?" "Mr Charcot's waiting for you." "Hurry up." "Aren't you talking today?" "Is it because of the presentation?" "You don't listen to me anyway." " This dress is too long." " At least make a hem." "There's a button missing there." "It'll need to be replaced." " The ribbons alright?" " Not too tight." "So we can see the movements." "Raise your arms." "There...that's it." "Good, I'll leave you to finish off." "The whole world will be there to see you." " Do you have a thimble?" " Yes, in the box." "Look at you!" "Your brand new dress." " I'm healed." " You're healed?" "calm yourself down or I'll have to give you laudanum." " I'm healed!" " You tell that to Mr Charcot." "Dear colleagues..." "I welcome you." "We have never been closer to understanding this disease." "I brought you the irrefutable proof our hysterical women are not witches, nor-simulators nor liars, but the truly sick." "It is a major step..." "Come on now." "We have to go." "In order to understand our work at the hospital," "I will first present a hysterical attack." "For that, I'm going to put the subject under hypnosis before your very eyes." "This will allow you to observe the disease as we found it in its natural state." "You will see three very distinct steps." "The tonic phase, the clonic phase, and then the final phase Here is Augustine." "This patient is well rehearsed." "She hypnotises very quickly." "It suffices that Mr Bourneville fixes her attention on a moving point and before your eyes you will see her fall... as if struck by lightning." "Mr Bourneville." "Look at the mirror." "Follow it." "Follow the mirror." "I'll start again." "Look at the mirror." "Follow it." "Augustine." "Follow the mirror." "Give it to me!" "I'm healed." "Gentlemen..." "Experiments done on animals in public are less reliable than those in the laboratory." "That is the case today" " Look at the feathers." "The attack is starting." "Stop it!" "Take her to my office." "Mr Bourneville will analyse what you've just seen." "Mr Bourneville." "They're all waiting for you." "I'm coming." "I'm coming." "Congratulations!" " Bravo!" " Congratulations!" "Amazing!" "Fascinating!" "You really impressed us." "The Medical Academy will support you." "You can count on all of us" "English subtitles by FatPlank [RLB] for KG"