Lourdes

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Audience Member Genteel to a fault but enormous detail in action, direction and intention by Testud and Seydoux Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review richard i There's much going on in this 'fly on the wall' style drama that is reminiscent (or perhaps prescient) of Ulrich Seidl's locked-off camera style that allows us to observe details at the edges of a shot that reveal much about the individuals involved. It takes loose aim at the fakery of the Lourdes 'experience', the battle that takes place between the enormous hope and optimism of the faithful and those who no longer believe in the possibility of miracles, with a beautifully orchestrated ending that leaves you wondering whether our heroine has won or lost her battle. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Man...religion is so weird. Beautiful movie though. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member It just dragged on and didn't engage me whatsoever despite the fact that my love was in it, Lea Seydoux....but hell, she was barely in it! Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member I can't recall ever being disappointed by Sylvie Testud. She is akin to a younger generation Isabelle Huppert in that she is happy to work in areas about as far from the Multiplex circuit as you can get. Here she is again, acting largely with her eyes as a wheelchair confined invalid going along for the ride on a pilgrimage to Lourdes, by which I mean that it is a pilgrimage only for the group she is with, as 1) a sceptic and 2) bored and lonely because of her condition, she has more or less tagged along for lack of an alternative. There's a nice mix of satire and sentiment at work here as we note the commercial aspects of organised religion and the negative aspects of human nature masquerading as piety. Testud as always is superb and the film should be seen for her alone if nothing else. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member A beautifully subtle lead performance from Sylvie Testud truly gifts this unusual and enigmatic film that can be read a multitude of ways (undoubtedly depending on the viewers own spirituality and/or religious beliefs), even to the point where it becomes unclassifiable (drama, black comedy, satire). Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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