剧情介绍
影片描述了一个古代“巫医”，他经常用一种类似气功或是特异功能的手法治疗病况特殊的病人，尤其是女病人。但这种医术远远超出一般医生的理解范畴，因此他经常被当作巫医遭人轻视。这到底是福是祸？The 18th-century Viennese medical establishment is threatened by the radical yet successful healing methods of Austrian physician Franz Anton Mesmer. Blind pianist Maria Theresa Paradies, daughter of a well-to-do businessman, becomes Mesmer's patient after he calms her seizure at a concert. As the two are drawn into an intimate relationship, the situation is used as an excuse to banish Mesmer from Vienna. Undaunted, he moves on, becoming a court favorite in Paris.