2021

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Thriller

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A woman who is unfairly institutionalized at a Paris asylum plots to escape with the help of one of its nurses. Based on the novel 'Le bal des folles' by Victoria Mas.

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23 members

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Lou de Laâge

Eugénie Cléry

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Mélanie Laurent

Geneviève Gleizes

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Benjamin Voisin

Théophile Cléry

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Emmanuelle Bercot

Jeanne

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Cédric Kahn

François Cléry

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Lomane de Dietrich

Louise

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Christophe Montenez

Jules

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Coralie Russier

Camille

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Alice Barnole

Henriette

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Lauréna Thellier

Marguerite

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Martine Schambacher

Thérèse

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Martine Chevallier

Grand-mère Cléry

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Valérie Stroh

Mère Cléry

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André Marcon

Docteur Gleizes

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Grégoire Bonnet

Docteur Charcot

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Pierre-Antoine Deborde

Docteur de la Tourette

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Morgan Perez

Docteur Babinsky

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Pierre Renverseau

Médecin gynécologue

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Laura Balasuriya

Marie, infirmière

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César Domboy

Ernest

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Lou Laurent

Joséphine

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Vincent Nemeth

Monsieur Prevost Roumagnac

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Catherine Davydoff

Madame Prevost Roumagnac

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