HYSTERIA

Feature Film France/ England / Germany
Script: Jonah Lisa Dyer, Stephen Dyer
Director: Tanya Wexler
Cast: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy, Rupert Everett
 
HYSTERIA is a lighthearted romantic comedy based on the surprising truth of how Dr. Mortimer Granville came up with the world’s first electro-mechanical vibrator. Maggie Gyllenhaal (Crazy Heart, The Dark Knight) and Hugh Dancy (Adam, Confessions of a Shopaholic) lead an accomplished cast in this untold tale of Victorian discovery, as a young doctor’s quest to work out the key to women’s happiness leads him to his own.
Length/Format: 99 minutes/35mm
Producers: Sarah Curtis, Judy Cairo, Tracey Becker
Co-producers: Anouk Nora, Christine Ruppert, Jimmy De Brabant, Bob Bellion
Co-production: Informant Media, Forthcoming Films, By Alternative Pictures, Tatfilm, Delux Productions
World distribution: Elle Driver
German distribution: Senator
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