Lourdes (2009) - film review

Jessica Hausner

Drama

Summary

Christine has spent most of her life in a wheelchair. To find temporary escape from her solitary existence she decides to undertake a pilgrimage to Lourdes. Here, the miracle she hardly dared to hope for occurs. She awakes one morning to find that she can now walk. This miraculous recovery naturally arouses the interest of the man leading the pilgrimage. As her entourage succumb to admiration and jealousy, Christine tries to take advantage of her remarkable good fortune...

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Credits

Director: Jessica Hausner
Script: Jessica Hausner
Photo: Martin Gschlacht
Cast: Sylvie Testud (Christine), Léa Seydoux (Maria), Gilette Barbier (Fr. Hartl), Gerhard Liebmann (Pater Nigl), Bruno Todeschini (Kuno), Elina Löwensohn (Cécile), Katharina Flicker (Sonja), Linde Prelog (Frau Huber), Heidi Baratta (Frau Spor), Jacky Pratoussy (Jean-Pierre Bely), Walter Benn (Herr Hruby), Hubert Kramar (Herr Oliveti), Helga Illich (Frau Oliveti), Bernadette Schneider (Hospitaliere), Thomas Uhlir (Max), Martin Thomas Pesl (Frank), Petra Morzé (Mother), Orsolya Tóth (Child in Wheelchair), Aurelia Burckhardt (Nonne), Martin Habacher (Pilgrim), Gerith Holzinger (Malteserin), Irma Wagner (Pilgerin), Jackie Wulf (Pilger)
Country: Austria / France / Germany
Language: French / English / German / Italian
Runtime: 96 min

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