Bernadette of Lourdes

(1961)

★ 6 IMDb · 3 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1961

Runtime: 102 мин

Country: France

Director: Robert Darène

Cast: Danièle Ajoret, Бернар ЛаЖарриж, Madeleine Sologne, Henri Nassiet, Jean-Jacques Delbo, Renaud Mary, Nadine Alari

Plot

This modest, unpretentious French film is a streamlined version of the true story previously cinematized as The Song of Bernadette (1943). Daniele Ajort plays the simple 19th-century French peasant girl who insists that she has experienced a vision of the Virgin Mary. Once this sighting becomes common knowledge, Bernadette's very existence becomes a religious and political hot potato. Thousands of people flock to the grotto at Lourdes where Bernadette claims she has seen the Holy Mother, believing that the waters therein contain recuperative powers. Bernadette dies under a cloud of controversy, but is ultimately elevated to sainthood by the Vatican.