Augustine

Augustine (2013)

  • 79% of critics liked it
    (24 reviews)

  • 48% of users liked it
    (354 ratings)

After suffering an inexplicable seizure which leaves her paralyzed on her right side,19-year-old illiterate kitchen maid Augustine (27 year-old singer-turned-actress Soko in a break out performance), is shipped off to Paris' all female psychiatric hospital Pitié-Salpêtriere which specializes in… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
Alice Winocour
Genres
Art House & International, Drama
In Theaters
May 17, 2013 Limited
Music Box Films

Critic Reviews

  • Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic

    The writer-director Alice Winocour creates a kind of subdued excitement of discovery.

  • John Anderson, Newsday

    The hysterics contained in Alice Winocour's "Augustine" -- and "hysteria" is what it's about -- can't obscure the understated, smoldering subtext of what is a sometimes playfully smart and irony-laden story.

  • Richard Brody, New Yorker

    Vague conjurings of mood take the place of insight, sentiment takes the place of complexity, and a clumsy and superficial attention to the rigid script keeps the movie from coming to life.

  • Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

    A dark, and rather disturbing debut.

  • Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post

    Winocour skillfully films Augustine being exhibited for other doctors in several disturbingly erotic scenes, but elsewhere Soko's stolid, one-note demeanor takes a toll.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Carlos M


    This almost-good drama is a missed opportunity, considering the intriguing premise and the talent of the actors involved. What could have been a fascinating exploration of a psychological illness gives place to too much clichéd doctor-patient sexual tension.

  • Walter M


    The movie starts with Augustine(Soko), a maid, feeling unwell while preparing to serve that night's dishes. Still, the show must go on, which turns out to be a mistake when she has a seizure on the dining room floor between courses. The following day when one of her eyes is… More

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