HYSTERIA UK / 2011 / 90 min / 'Hysterical' romantic comedy suitable for 16 year olds and over
Directed by: Tanya Wexler Cast: Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Dark Knight, Mona Lisa Smile, Donnie Darko), Felicity Jones (Cheri, Brideshead Revisited), Hugh Dancy (Confessions of a Shopaholic), Rupert Everett (My Best Friend’s Wedding, Shrek 2)
The film is set in Victorian England where 'hysteria' serves as a diagnosis for every type of female disorder. An eccentric professor hires a young doctor who together with his best friend invents the world’s first vibrator. Female patients queue up at the young doctor’s surgery for his new treatment. Everyone is caught up in the excitement with the exception of Charlotte who is the professor’s stubborn and beautiful suffragette daughter.
