Lourdes
Filmmaker: Jessica Hausner
Austria / 2008 / 96 min / French (with English subtitles)
Awards: Winner: FIPRESCI and SIGNIS Awards, Venice Film Festival
ICA Cinema 1, Tue March 9, 6.15pm & Renoir Cinema , Sat March 6, 6pm
High suspense, Golden Lion nominated mystery film from hotly tipped Jessica Hausner.
César Award-winning actress Sylvie Testud (Piaf’s best friend in La Vie En Rose) is Christine, a wheelchair-bound woman on a trip to pilgrimage site Lourdes. Unlike the rest of the group, Christine seeks social interaction and an escape from isolation rather than a miracle cure. To say any more would be un crime du cinema: Lourdes is a beguiling mystery which has been compared to films by suspense-masters Hitchcock and Tarkovsky.
"Lourdes is an accomplished work which radiates intelligence." - Screen Daily
"Simply breathtaking" and "Satisfying in ways that fiction rarely achieves." - Hollywood Reporter
"Hausner tackles a heavy subject in a delicate manner, and there’s a comic vein running through Lourdes which is rewarding" - Screen Daily
Read the the Screen Daily article on Lourdes here
Jessica Hausner
Austrian writer-director Jessica Hausner made her name on the festival circuit with her acclaimed Lovely Rita (2001) and Hotel (2004), both striking dramas with an isolated young woman at their heart. Lourdes was nominated for the Golden Lion in Venice last year and is anticipating BEV and Sundance success this spring!
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Read our interview with Jessica Hausner on the BEV blog
