Lourdes follows a christine a woman suffering from multiple sclerosis who goes on a journey to lourdes, a pilgrimage, where she escapes her sadness and isolation. Austrian director jessica hausner s lourdes first english language feature is a scifi horror about a genetically engineered plant designed to lift peoples moods. Jessica hausner discusses lourdes during our director retrospective at film at lincoln center. Sylvie testud lea seydoux gilette barbier gerhard liebmann bruno todeschini. Discover her venice golden lionnominated film from 2010 which follows a pack of religious believers on a pilgrimage to lourdes. Lourdes new arthouse bluray disc jessica hausner ebay.
Lourdes by jessica hausner jessica hausner, sylvie testud. Since 2005, a number of european films have emerged examining the legacy of christianity in western europe, and the ways in which men, women and children struggle to negotiate questions of religion and secularity, the personal and the institutional, faith and doubt. Jessica hausner was born in 1972 in vienna, austria, where. Jessica hausner was born on october 6, 1972 in vienna, austria.
My arts correspondent aka zero she reads the times2 before reading the news has pointed me in the direction of an interview with jessica hausner that appeared in thursdays times. Jessica hausner s fourth feature premiered at venice, where it. Lourdes directed by jessica hausner drama not rated. Feb 29, 2020 director jessica hausner chose to produce a french language film with the established french actor sylvie testud in the lead, supported by a young lea seydoux. Lourdes was written and directed by jessica hausner. Christine has been confined to a wheelchair for most of her life. Mar 25, 2010 all the worldly, knowing irony of that scene all the idotting and tcrossing is utterly absent from jessica hausners grippingly enigmatic work, shot on location in lourdes itself. Lourdes jessica hausner, austria jessica hausner s new film lourdes may be the most mysterious film screened at this years toronto film festival, one that takes a story daniel kasman 19 sep 2009. Jessica hausner was raised in a catholic family, but lost her faith and became an atheist, whereas robert hossein grew up in an atheist family and converted to catholicism later in life. Besides a venice premiere for lourdes 2009, her subsequent feature films hotel 2004 and amour fou 2014 premiered in cannes. Lourdes is a 2009 film directed by jessica hausner. Interview, her graduation film, won the prix du jury of the cinefondation at the cannes film festival in 1999.
Sylvie testud plays the central role of a young paralysed woman in amongst a group of pilgrims to lourdes, the legendary marian shrine where millions have journeyed in search of healing. Permitted to shoot at lourdes, she emphasizes receiving lines and prep. Jessica hausner s lourdes refrains from demystifying by karina longworth. The lourdes that hausner shows us is a city of stark contradictions, a place where highminded religious devotion and crass commercialism at its ugliest sit alongside one another with worrying. Je lai ressorti du tiroir cinq ans plus tard, je lai retravaille, mais le resultat netait toujours pas concluant. This article looks at two of these filmsjessica hausners lourdes 2009 and dietrich bruggemanns stations of the cross. Jessica hausner s new film lourdes may be the most mysterious film screened at this years toronto film festival, one that takes a story of religious and spiritual import and casts that world and those themes down a gauntlet that suggests hitchcock and tati in its supremely calibrated conceptual suspense and encircling humor. The story finds a wheelchairbound sylvie testud, whose.
Its director, jessica hausner, an austrian working here in french, wants to explore the mysteries of life, not its certainties. In order to escape her isolation, she makes a journey to lourdes, the iconic site of pilgrimage in the pyrenees mountains, along with other people with varying disabilities. With alessandro gassmann, angele osinsky, florence darel, roger souza. The artistic representation of lourdes by two contemporary directors. The phenomenal austrian director jessica hausner joins april to talk about m. Jessica hausner on lourdes with time out film time out. The film debut of jessica hausner is an incisive exploration on the toxicity of religious fundamentalism and youth misunderstanding shot in digital video and with nonprofessional actors. In order to escape her isolation, wheelchairbound christine makes a life changing journey to lourdes, the iconic site of. Viewed at the santa barbara international film festival, metro 4 theatre.
Austrian director jessica hausner placidly tackles related moral paradoxes in lourdes, a deliberately paced examination of catholic mysticism with. Lourdes was written and directed by jessica hausner, and received its world premiere at the 2009 venice international film festival. It received the 2009 vienna international film festivals vienna film prize for best film. Jessica hausner born 6 october 1972 is an austrian film director and screenwriter. Austrian director jessica hausner s third film, lourdes, is a drama set and shot at the famous pilgrimage site in the french foothills of the pyrenees. This bluray disc will play on any standard bluray player. Lourdes is contemplative cinema at its most engaging, a witty and meaningful film that explores profound themes with an irresistible lightness of touch. Emily beecham who picked up the best actress award at cannes for her performance stars as alice, a botanist and single mother who, along with her lab partner chris ben whishaw, engineers a crimson flower whose scent induces. But unlike any previous episode of switchblade sisters, jessica had never seen the visit and had to turn it off halfway through because she was too frightened.
In order to escape her isolation, she makes a journey to lourdes, the iconic site of pilgrimage in the pyrenees mountains. A cool and firmly ambitious film from austrias jessica hausner, lourdes is an accomplished work which radiates intelligence. Little joe info and ticket booking, bristol watershed. The young, sickly girl bernadette comes from a povertystricken family. During her stay she begins to regain the use of her limbs. As the title implies the narrative covers a pilgrimage to lourdes. Lourdes the 2009 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. She is a writer and director, known for little joe 2019, lourdes. Austrian jessica hausner lovely rita, hotel, lourdes based her refined, solidly designed costume drama amour fou around the life and death of the german. Christine is a wheelchairusing woman with severe multiple sclerosis. Jessica hausners films include lourdes, amour fou, forever never anywhere, hotel. Jessica hausners third feature follows a group of religious believers on a pilgrimage to lourdes, the iconic christian shrine famed for its apparent miraculous. Writerdirector jessica hausner uses a multiple sclerosis. With its palette of hot poppy red and cool sky blue, its deft mining of the subliminal comic.
In order to escape her isolation, wheelchairbound christine makes a life changing journey to lourdes, the iconic site of pilgrimage in the pyrenees mountains. A sick girl regains mobility on a trip to lourdes, generating skepticism and envy. Lourdes, jessica hausner, 99 mins, u the independent. For jessica hausner, a shrine is a repository of mysteries. Feb 17, 2010 lourdes yify subtitles download, yts subtitles lourdes in any format. She is best known for lourdes 2009, hotel 2004 and lovely rita 2001. She wakes up one morning seemingly cured by a miracle. Decide di recarsi a lourdes, il leggendario luogo di.
Empty filmed in an austere, neardocumentary style, lourdes takes viewers deep inside one of the worlds most popular religious shrines. Young poet heinrich wishes to conquer the inevitability of death. Jessica hausner s sober exercise about the mysteries behind miracles is somewhat distant yet exudes a distinct sense of intelligence that is quite beautiful. Director jessica hausner amour fou, lovely rita, returns this month with a stylish englishlanguage debut about a geneticallymodified plant, little joe. Charting a course of ambiguity between faith and doubt, lourdes unsettles epistemologies regarding the occurrence of miracles. Jessica hausner shot her french movie lourdes, in 2011 the renowned french male director robert hossein presented his spectacle une femme nommee marie. It stars sylvie testud, lea seydoux, bruno todeschini and elina lowensohn. Lourdes austriafrancegermany 2009 the case for global film. Jun 17, 2010 great final scene from jessica hausner s lourdes. Lourdes jessica hausner s account of one womans lifechanging visit to the pilgrimage site, which has won awards at the venice, vienna and warsaw film festivals. All the worldly, knowing irony of that scene all the idotting and tcrossing is utterly absent from jessica hausner s grippingly enigmatic work, shot on location in lourdes itself.
Jessica hausner on lourdes, spirituality, and embracing death. Decide di recarsi a lourdes, il leggendario luogo di pellegrinaggio situato nel cuore dei pirenei, per uscire dall\isolamento. Like with all my films i started to do a lot of research, and i investigated different places where miracles are supposed to happen, or i investigated different descriptions of. Pdf since 2005, a number of european films have emerged examining the legacy of christianity in western europe, and the ways in which men, women and.
She received international attention in 2001 when her film lovely rita, a portrait of a young. Jessica hausners new film lourdes may be the most mysterious film screened at this years toronto film festival, one that takes a story of religious and spiritual import and casts that world and those themes down a gauntlet that suggests hitchcock and tati in its supremely calibrated conceptual suspense and encircling humor. Rent lourdes 2009 starring sylvie testud and lea seydoux on dvd and bluray. I went on three or four pilgrimages to lourdes myself when i started thinking about setting the film there. The first sentence of the idea was a miracle that might not be a miracle after all. Jessica hausner was born in 1972 in vienna, austria, where she studied directing. In order to escape her isolation, she makes a journey to lourdes, the iconic site of catholic pilgrimage in the pyrenees mountains, along with other people with varying disabilities. Sobald du einen film startest, steht er dir 24 stunden zur verfugung. She is a writer and director, known for little joe 2019, lourdes 2009 and lovely rita 2001. Lourdes subtitles 29 subtitles subtitles download movie. The films credits suggest a considerable collaboration with the shrine, and scenes are shot in lourdes itself. Whats indisputable is the power of cinema in this slippery story of a disabled young womans pilgrimage.
The occasion for the interview was the glasgow film festival, at which the film was being shown. At first i was shocked by meeting so many sick people in one place, and this initial impression changed my mind for the time being because i was afraid that the film could turn into a. Lea seydoux, sylvie testud, bruno todeschini, irma. The austrian jessica hausner with an almost passive shooting style unbiastly writes and directs lourdes, a story that questions religion in regards to physical miracles. Austrian director jessica hausner, once a pupil of michael haneke and credited on, not very flatteringly, as script girl on funny games, takes he. Nov 12, 2014 in select uk cinemas from jan 16th the new film by jessica hausner lourdes in uk cinemas jan 16th. Join facebook to connect with jessica lourdes and others you may know. That having been said, i think it would be wrong to view it as being a religious film or as being a film about lourdes as a religious phenomenon see the interview with jessica hausner to see what i am getting at here.
Although the story is a fiction it is based on testimonies of the visitors to lourdes, heavily researched by the author, jessica hausner. In films like little joe, amour fou, and lourdes, austrian arthouse director jessica hausner is a master at observing the currents of unconscious social pressure. Rent jessica hausner movies and tv shows on dvd and bluray. This is an organised visit led by members of the order of malta. Opening playtimestyle with a cafeteria gradually filling up with the sick and disabled and their reduniformed caretakers, austrian filmmaker jessica hausner depicts a culture of petitioners whose routines and gossip are more redolent of bargain hunters than believers. I claim no intellectual property for the content of this video. With her unfathomable, slightly cynical look, the french actress sylvie testud is the perfect choice to play christine, a lonely, almost entirely handicapped woman who goes on a pilgrimage to lourdes. Jessica hausners lourdes refrains from demystifying the.
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