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Protagonist suffering from traumatic hallucinations of being restrained in a straitjacket. He allies with the Marquis, explores an asylum, attempts to rescue captive staff, and ultimately falls victim...
Eccentric figure claiming to be the Marquis de Sade who orchestrates elaborate pranks and psychological experiments. Collaborates with Dr. Murlloppe and Dominik in an asylum revolt, later faces severe...
Asylum nurse who claims captivity and reveals a past patient revolt. Guides Jean to free the real staff, but her subsequent alliance with Dr. Coulmiere triggers Jean's psychological breakdown and fina...
Asylum manager and former patient who partners with the Marquis. Proposes experimental therapy and leads a revolt with Dominik, ultimately receiving harsh punishment alongside his accomplices.
Asylum authority figure who enforces brutal corporal punishment to treat mental illness. Overpowers the revolt, brutally disciplines patients, and ultimately orders Jean's restraint.
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
The Marquis suggests that Jean voluntarily commit himself to Murlloppe's asylum, where Murlloppe offers Purgative Therapy.
Jean finds Charlota in Dr. Coulmiere's room preparing for a night of sexual pleasures.
Jean falls for Charlota and later expects to leave with her and get married.
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
After the revolt is defeated, the Marquis is tracked down and given severe punishment under the asylum's restored order.
Coulmiere calls Murlloppe's idea of curing illness through freedom absurd and replaces it with corporal punishment.
Coulmiere refuses to let Jean leave before 8am and later orders two orderlies to put him in a straitjacket.
The Marquis joins Murlloppe and Dominik in taking Charlota to the ritual orgy on the anniversary of their revolt.
Dr. Murlloppe and the Marquis were previous patients who led a revolt and locked the real asylum employees in the basement.
Jean strikes up an alliance with the Marquis after meeting him while arranging his mother's funeral.
Jean's search for freedom becomes an institutional nightmare in which rebellion, therapy, sexuality, and punishment remain impossible to separate.
Directed by Jan Švankmajer
Lunacy (2005) · 6.7/10 · comedy, horror
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