Henriette ou la fabrique des folles

From 1930 to 1970, Henriette was confined in the Montperrin insane asylum in Aix-en-Provence. She is my great-grandmother. I invite you to her liberation.

Cyrille tells her story, Henriette becomes incarnate. Beyond death and oblivion, words and images emerge. Troubled and disturbing. Forty-six years of confinement in an asylum unfold in a theater of dolls and rags, half-lit by flashlights. Wind, night sounds and the vagaries of the outdoors accompany this timeless moment.