Mélanie Laurent’s 2021 French thriller, The Mad Women’s Ball , explores 19th-century institutional misogyny through the story of Eugénie, a young woman wrongfully committed to a psychiatric hospital for her supernatural abilities. The film, which features a prominent, historically based performance by Lou de Laâge, focuses on the cruel treatment of patients and the exploitative, real-life "mad women’s ball" event. For more, visit IMDb .