At the end of the 19th century, British cartoonist Louis Wain (Benedict Cumberbatch) rises in fame and popularity for his whimsical illustrations of cats. Despite the realization of his art by the public, his troubled past still haunts the whimsical illustrator, and his continued decline in mental stability – modernly looked at now as schizophrenia – becomes unbearable for the…
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The Mad Women’s Ball
Eugénie Cléry (Lou de Laâge) can talk to spirits. These claims, however true they may be, lead her upper-class Parisian father (Cédric Kahn) to admit her to Pitié-Salpêtrière, the premier neurological clinic at the time. Under the strict care of the head nurse, Geneviève Gleizes (Mélanie Laurent), Eugénie slowly finds her place at the institution, but she never gives up the…
Birds of Paradise
On a scholarship to the elite Parisan Ballet Academy, Kate (Diana Silvers) struggles at first to fit in at her new school. Away from her home in Virgina, the former basketball player turned dancer tentatively makes some new friends and quickly makes enemies. Tensions are high across the board for the pupils of Madame Brunelle…
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
Sheffield teen, Jamie New (Max Harwood) gets exactly what he wanted for his sixteenth birthday: a pair of ruby red heels. The shoes are only the first part of his new outfit that he creates in pursuit of his childhood dream to become a drag queen. Along the way he will find supporters and mentors…
Annette
Henry McHenry (Adam Driver) is a comedian known for his boundary pushing shock-comedy routine under the stage name “The Ape of God.” He begins a relationship with a rising opera star, Ann (Marion Cotillard) under the ever-watching eye of the paparazzi. Soon they welcome in their first child, the titular Annette, whose strange and miraculous talents begin to reveal themselves…
The Marquee Topic 