In 18th-century Vienna, a renowned physician's unconventional healing methods shake the medical community. After calming a young woman's seizure at a concert, the physician, Franz Anton Mesmer, becomes embroiled in a forbidden romance with his patient, a blind pianist named Maria. The affair sparks a backlash, leading to Mesmer's exile from Vienna, but he finds a new following in Paris.
Mesmer
The 18th-century Viennese physician Franz Anton Mesmer pioneered unconventional healing methods rooted in his concept of "animal magnetism."
