Hysteria is a British romantic comedy film directed by Tanya Wexler. It stars Felicity Jones, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rupert Everett and Hugh Dancy.The film, set in the Victorian era, is about the invention of the vibrator. The film's title refers to the once-common medical diagnosis of female hysteria.
Director: Tanya Wexler
Writers: Stephen Dyer (story),
Jonah Lisa Dyer (story),
and 3 more credits
Stars: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy and Jonathan Pryce
Hysteria is a romantic comedy with an accomplished cast led by Maggie
Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce, Felicity Jones and Rupert
Everett, that tells an untold tale of discovery - the surprising story
of the birth of the electro-mechanical vibrator at the very peak of
Victorian prudishness.