
A look at the relationship between pioneering 19th century French neurologist Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot and his star teenage patient, a kitchen maid who is left partially paralyzed after a seizure.... (Full plot summary below)
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A look at the relationship between pioneering 19th century French neurologist Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot and his star teenage patient, a kitchen maid who is left partially paralyzed after a seizure.
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| Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonSoko is terrific, but it is Mr. Lindon who delivers the performance of the film, his internalized consternation amounting to an eloquent dispatch from the war between the sexes. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA psychological thriller that explores fresh territory in its depiction of sexual politics. |
| Slant MagazineTomas HachardAlice Winocour's take on this true story carries the superficial trappings of a period drama, but its perspective is entirely contemporary. |
| Chicago ReaderBen SachsThe psychosexual drama plays out beneath the surface -- the movie is so understated it sometimes feels inert. |
| Boston GlobePeter KeoughWinocour does not reduce her characters to caricatures, but depicts them as unwitting actors in the tragedy of a pathological society. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)Unlike some movies that impose feminist views on 200-year-old stories, "Augustine" finds feminist sentiments within the story rather than imposing them from without. |
| The New RepublicStanley KauffmannThe writer-director Alice Winocour creates a kind of subdued excitement of discovery. |
| Village VoiceErnest HardyThe film is something of a paradox, simultaneously passionate and dispassionate, its ending tethered to both bruised triumph and a sense of things falling apart. |
| StaciWilson.comStaci Layne WilsonAs the plot unfolds, the aim comes undone, leaving the viewer abandoned and wanting. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris HewittUnlike some movies that impose feminist views on 200-year-old stories, "Augustine" finds feminist sentiments within the story rather than imposing them from without. |