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      The Mad Women's Ball

      2021 2h 1m Drama Mystery & Thriller List
      86% 56 Reviews Tomatometer 80% 50+ Ratings Audience Score A committed woman and a tormented nurse prepare to attend a famous ball at a neurological clinic in the 19th century. Read More Read Less Watch on Prime Video Stream Now

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      Its themes are occasionally undercut by its storytelling, but outstanding performances give The Mad Women's Ball a poignant, disturbing power.

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      Marta S Preciosa película que muestra la situación en un manicomio y la indefensión de las mujeres en dicha época. Recomendable. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/16/24 Full Review avindu g Every character in Le Bal Des Folles is acted out flawlessly. Every emotion is heartfelt and genuine. Le Bal Des Folles is rich with feminine elegance that it's horrors diminish in the bright light of victorious freedom. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review greg m Thoroughly enjoyed this. Really felt like the mystical element added to the otherwise depressing historical period piece about a Women's asylum and the awful experimentations that happened there as well as the reasons they could get institutionalized. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Allan Kardec spiritism combined with the subjugation of a french society woman in the year of Victor Hugo's death, add to the mix the inhumane treatment of the mentality ill and you have a great recipe for compelling drama.. An award worthy, very well produced, high quality period fiction. A magnificent effort from first time director Mélanie Laurent. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member My dear Geneviève, we are free… After Oxygen, Mélanie Laurent returns directing and starring in an Amazon original. As a director, Laurent did a great job showing the cruelty in the treatment of women in asylum back in the days. The "therapies" were nothing different from tortures. However, within the cruelty was the premise that added heart to the characters. I liked that the movie didn't scream feminism, but let the scenes play out so audiences could root for the women characters. Probably my only problem was the movie became pretty predictable near the end. I liked how the two main characters were tied to each other, but what became of it was quite clear and not surprising. Overall, a solid and well done movie. 7.5/10 Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Moving, desperately sad at times, with some truly touching, tender performances. Loved it. But by gum, men have been scum through the ages! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      tt stern-enzi WXIX-TV (Cincinnati, OH) Not everyone will be excited to read the subtitles, but I am digging this. Rated: B Oct 6, 2021 Full Review Robert Levin Newsday Does not necessarily offer anything illuminating in the way it presents the patriarchal system. But it does force a confrontation with it, and never takes the easy way out. Rated: 3/4 Oct 3, 2021 Full Review Thelma Adams AARP Movies for Grownups For lovers of historical fiction, this is a thinking-woman's drama -- and bodes well for Laurent's next directing project. Rated: 4/5 Sep 24, 2021 Full Review Erick Estrada Cinegarage Without being combative or loaded with a strong political message, it speaks subtly of women's issues at the end of the 19th Century in France that are still relevant today. [Full review in Spanish] Jul 7, 2022 Full Review Marya E. Gates The Playlist Laurent’s portrait of women pushed to the edge of society, exploited, and tortured for the sake of progress is uncompromising and fearless. Rated: A- Feb 23, 2022 Full Review Leslie Combemale AWFJ.org The Mad Women's Ball is the kind of layered, femme-centric and very political story we need more of, and by fearless female filmmakers like Laurent. Rated: 4/5 Dec 23, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A committed woman and a tormented nurse prepare to attend a famous ball at a neurological clinic in the 19th century.
      Director
      Mélanie Laurent
      Producer
      Fabrice Lambot
      Screenwriter
      Mélanie Laurent
      Production Co
      Légende Films
      Genre
      Drama, Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      French (France)
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Sep 17, 2021
      Runtime
      2h 1m
      Aspect Ratio
      Scope (2.35:1)
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