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The Institute
In 19th century Baltimore, Isabel Porter, a girl stricken with grief from her parents' untimely death, voluntarily checks herself into the Rosewood Institute. Subjected to bizarre and increasingly violent pseudo-scientific experiments in personality modification, brainwashing and mind control, she must escape the clutches of the Rosewood and exact her revenge, or else be forever lost.
Casts & Crew
James Franco
Tim Blake Nelson
Lori Singer
Eric Roberts
Topher Grace
Pamela Anderson
Josh Duhamel
Beth Grant
Amber Coney
Cynthia Murell
Carmen Argenziano
Dominic Rains
Scott Haze
Robyn Cohen
Ben Youcef
Allie Gallerani
Melissa Bolona
Val Lauren
Tamzin Brown
Bella Popa
Nina Ljeti
Gabrielle Haugh
Anthony Mordente
Jessica Starr Folger
Joe Pease
Nana Ghana
Rachel Scorpio
Bianca Rusu
Zola Vanessa Hauge
Grainne McDermott
Vincent Alvas
Lidiya Korotko
Tina Masafret
Jeff Vernon
Lauren B. Mosley
Elena Cristiean
Mary O'Connor
Krista West
Ciena Rae Nelson
Jeannine Corcoran
Laura Burnett
Zoe Bleu
Erin Johnson
Steve Koss
Luke Loving
Stacy Newton
Crystal Perez
Elvira Safiulina
Oliver Stafford
Makena Tolman
Loren Vea
Roy James Wilson
Sue Wishengrad
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