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Lourdes
Drama - 2009
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Christine is a wheelchair-using woman with severe multiple sclerosis. In order to escape her isolation, she makes a journey to Lourdes, the iconic site of pilgrimage in the Pyrenees Mountains, along with other people with varying disabilities. During her stay she begins to regain the use of her limbs. This is in contrast with others, who appear to have stronger faith than Christine but experience only slight, passing improvement. Her fellow pilgrims are eager to call it a miracle; however, as the pilgrimage draws to a close, exactly how accurate a claim this is becomes uncertain.
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Rated:
N/A
Runtime:
95 min
Release date:
11 Sep 2009
Country:
AT, FR, DE
Languages:
French
Budget:
$2,500,000
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
12 wins & 6 nominations.

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
A paralyzed young woman with MS stands up and walks in Lourdes, but it'll be a real miracle if anyone manages to stay awake throughout this extravagantly dull film.
– Kyle Smith,
New York Post,
19 Feb 2010
fresh:
Beautifully led by birdlike Sylvie Testud as an ailing young woman in a wheelchair, every character (pilgrim and helper alike) exhibits a soul. And shaped with confident talent by the Austrian filmmaker, every serenely composed shot matters.
– Lisa Schwarzbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Mar 2010
fresh:
A provocative and surprising pleasure that may persuade even the most hardened rationalists to reconsider what religion means as a sanctity to those who have few other choices in life.
– Dave Calhoun,
Time Out,
25 Mar 2010
fresh:
In a film rich with provocative questions, Hausner audaciously examines the ambivalent nature of miracles. Are they gifts from a loving God or random occurrences, bereft of any moral or meaning?
– Jeff Shannon,
Seattle Times,
1 Apr 2010
fresh:
One of the most observant -- and enigmatic -- movies of the year.
– David Lewis,
San Francisco Chronicle,
13 Aug 2010
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