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Lourdes
Jessica Hausner’s cool, compassionate exploration of religious faith follows various believers and non-believers hoping for miracle cures in Lourdes
Drama 2009 95 mins
Director: Jessica Hausner
Overview
Jessica Hausner’s film centres on a woman who has spent most of her life in a wheelchair and who, despite being a non-believer, travels with a group of Catholics to Lourdes in hope of a miraculous cure. Blessed with access to the French sanctuary and a wonderful performance from Sylvie Testud, Hausner has created a study of faith and despondency that is at once coolly detached and deeply humane
- Director
- Jessica Hausner
- Featuring
- Sylvie TestudLéa SeydouxBruno TodeschiniElina Löwensohn
- Genres
- Drama
- Certificate
- Contains no material likely to offend or harm
- Released
- 2009
- Country
- Austria
- Language
- French with English subtitles
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