Lourdes (film)
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| Original title | Lourdes |
| Country of production | Austria , Germany , France |
| original language | German , French , English , Italian |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 96 minutes |
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| Director | Jessica Hausner |
| script | Jessica Hausner |
| production | coop99 Filmproduktion (A), Essential Filmproduktion (D), Parisienne de Production (F) and Thermidor Filmproduktion (D). |
| camera | Martin Gschlacht |
| cut | Karina Ressler |
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Lourdes is a feature film by the Austrian director Jessica Hausner . The film is an Austrian-German-French co-production and was shot in France . At the 66th Venice Film Festival in 2009 , the film was a favorite and won several awards. The cinema release in Austria was on December 11th, 2009.
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The main character of the film, Christine, suffers from multiple sclerosis , is now dependent on a wheelchair and because of her illness spends her life in involuntary social isolation.
In her supervisor Maria, a young nurse of the Malteser Hilfsdienst , Christine finds the image of her past; a new hope awakens in her. Maria accompanies Christine to the baths of the pilgrimage site Lourdes and to the processions, but Maria longs for her own kind, sometimes she tries to escape the sight of the disease and to have fun. Christine watches this world of the others longingly, while Frau Hartl now takes care of her. Ms. Hartl is a 60-year-old pilgrim who wants to overcome her loneliness on her pilgrimage to Lourdes through a meaningful life's work.
In fact, in the course of the stay there is an improvement in Christine's condition and even healing. The miracle is now being examined in front of the medical committee in Lourdes - the results of this examination are questionable, as Christine's illness knows the possibility of relapsing improvements and deterioration. While the possibility of relapse looms over Christine, she enjoys the happiness that has come true for that moment and tries to hold onto it.
Awards
At the 66th Venice Film Festival in 2009 , the film was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize of the international film critics, the Signis Prize of the ecumenical jury as well as the La Navicella and Brian Awards. At the Viennale 2009 Lourdes won the Vienna Film Prize. The film was also awarded the Warsaw Grand Prix at the Warsaw International Film Festival and the Gold Giradillo at the Sevilla Festival de Cine. At the 2010 European Film Awards ceremony, Sylvie Testud received the award for Best Actress . When the Austrian Film Prize was awarded for the first time in 2011 , Lourdes received nominations in the categories of Best Feature Film , Best Director , Best Screenplay and Best Editing .
Reviews
“Hausner distributes her characters using the locations and the minimalist story it tells. There are an astonishing number of characters, and you get to know them amazingly well in the course of the film. [...] In the style of an ensemble film , Lourdes is not concerned with subordinating all of the secondary characters to the one main character; rather, the film constructs an interpersonal system that is not necessarily social, but at least multidimensional. Through viewing and movement axes, through vulgar theological dialogues, through zooms and pans, through repetitions and deviations. The place dictates the rudimentary action: commercialized religiosity, statues of the Virgin Mary on sale, healing and grace must simply be for sale at this place, the 'felicita' is probably not. At some point a miracle will happen. Or not. "
Web links
- Lourdes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Website of the film
- Official website of the production company coop99
- Official website of the Austrian rental company
- Lourdes at filmportal.de