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  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Palisades Tartan
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Palisades Tartan
  • 1 h 36 m

Summary Christine has been confined to a wheelchair for most of her life. In order to esacpe 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, b...

Directed By: Jessica Hausner

Written By: Jessica Hausner

  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Palisades Tartan
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Palisades Tartan
  • 1 h 36 m

Lourdes

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
71
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
6.6
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Summary Christine has been confined to a wheelchair for most of her life. In order to esacpe 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, b...

Directed By: Jessica Hausner

Written By: Jessica Hausner

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
71
78% Positive
7 Reviews
11% Mixed
1 Review
11% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
71
78% Positive
7 Reviews
11% Mixed
1 Review
11% Negative
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100
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.
By Lisa Schwarzbaum FULL REVIEW
100
Sly and suggestive, Lourdes is a cosmic black comedy that bumps up against the metaphysical.
By Joshua Rothkopf FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
6.6
57% Positive
4 Ratings
29% Mixed
2 Ratings
14% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
6.6
57% Positive
4 Ratings
29% Mixed
2 Ratings
14% Negative
1 Rating

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75
Lourdes starts from the unexpected position of believing miracles are possible, but it doesn’t paper over the religious and practical problems they raise--for the blessed and bereft alike.
By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW
70
Fascinating on social and theological levels, the film is less compelling as a straightforward narrative. Still, adventurous filmgoers will be rewarded by its unusually open-ended storyline.
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70
One of the pleasures of this intelligent, rigorously thoughtful, somewhat sly film is that it takes place in the space between the inexplicable (no explanation is possible) and the unexplained (enlightenment might be around the corner).
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW
50
Either a subtly subversive black comedy, a deeply spiritual portrait of physical rebirth or a whole lot of nothing in a self-consciously arty package, Lourdes isn't about to reveal its true colors anytime soon.
By Derek Elley FULL REVIEW
38
It'll be a real miracle if anyone manages to stay awake throughout this extravagantly dull film.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW
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Production Company ARTE, Canal+, Coop99 Filmproduktion, Coproduction Office, Essential Filmproduktion GmbH, Thermidor Filmproduktion, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
Release Date Feb 17, 2010
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.lourdes-derfilm.de/
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Awards

Venice Film Festival
• 4 Wins & 5 Nominations
Austrian Film Award, AT
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Viennale
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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