Lourdes
- Jessica HAUSNER
- Austria , Germany , France
- DCP
- 2009
- Color
- 99min
Nominees and Awards
- ★ 2010 International Film Festival Rotterdam
- ★ 2009 Venice Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize
- ★ 2009 Toronto International Film Festival
Synopsis
Christine has been confined to a wheelchair for most of her life. In order to escape her isolation, she makes a journey to Lourdes, the iconic site of pilgrimage in the Pyrenees mountains. She wakes up one morning seemingly cured by a miracle. The leader of the pilgrimage group, a handsome 40-year-old volunteer from the Order of Malta, begins to take an interest in her. She tries to hold on to this newfound chance for happiness, while her cure provokes envy and admiration.
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Director
Jessica HAUSNER
Jessica HAUSNER was born in Vienna, Austria in 1972. She studied directing at the Film Academy of Vienna, where she made the award-winning short films Flora (1996) and Inter-View (1999). In 2001, her debut feature , Lovely Rita, premiered at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard. She returned to Un Certain Regard with her second feature, Hotel in 2004. In 2009, Lourdes won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Venice Film Festival. Amour Fou was her third film to be presented in Un Certain Regard, premiering in 2014. Little Joe is her fifth feature and her English-language debut.
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