Paris, winter 1885. At the Salpetriere Hospital, Professor Jean-Marin Charcot, studies a mysterious disease which he calls 'Hysteria'. Home to thousands of seemingly catatonic women and run by only a handful of doctors, the isolated corridors of the hospital perfectly shadow the Professor's hypnotic tests on his patients. Augustine, a 19 year old girl, is admitted to the hospital and soon becomes the Professor's favourite subject; the star of his demonstrations of hypnosis. But from guinea pig, she soon evolves into something much more...