She is a writer and director, known for little joe 2019, lourdes. Besides a venice premiere for lourdes 2009, her subsequent feature films hotel 2004 and amour fou 2014 premiered in cannes. In order to escape her isolation, she makes a journey to lourdes, the iconic site of pilgrimage in the pyrenees mountains. 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. With alessandro gassmann, angele osinsky, florence darel, roger souza. Permitted to shoot at lourdes, she emphasizes receiving lines and prep. Lourdes is contemplative cinema at its most engaging, a witty and meaningful film that explores profound themes with an irresistible lightness of touch. During her stay she begins to regain the use of her limbs. 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. Sobald du einen film startest, steht er dir 24 stunden zur verfugung. 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.
Little joe info and ticket booking, bristol watershed. Jessica hausner on lourdes, spirituality, and embracing death. It stars sylvie testud, lea seydoux, bruno todeschini and elina lowensohn. 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. Jessica hausner s lourdes refrains from demystifying by karina longworth. Jessica hausners films include lourdes, amour fou, forever never anywhere, hotel. 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. As the title implies the narrative covers a pilgrimage to lourdes. She is best known for lourdes 2009, hotel 2004 and lovely rita 2001. Rent lourdes 2009 starring sylvie testud and lea seydoux on dvd and bluray. 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. 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.
It received the 2009 vienna international film festivals vienna film prize for best film. She received international attention in 2001 when her film lovely rita, a portrait of a young. Interview, her graduation film, won the prix du jury of the cinefondation at the cannes film festival in 1999. 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. 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. 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. Charting a course of ambiguity between faith and doubt, lourdes unsettles epistemologies regarding the occurrence of miracles. 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. 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.
In order to escape her isolation, wheelchairbound christine makes a life changing journey to lourdes, the iconic site of. The occasion for the interview was the glasgow film festival, at which the film was being shown. In order to escape her isolation, wheelchairbound christine makes a life changing journey to lourdes, the iconic site of pilgrimage in the pyrenees mountains. Decide di recarsi a lourdes, il leggendario luogo di pellegrinaggio situato nel cuore dei pirenei, per uscire dall\isolamento. Jessica hausner discusses lourdes during our director retrospective at film at lincoln center.
Jessica hausner s sober exercise about the mysteries behind miracles is somewhat distant yet exudes a distinct sense of intelligence that is quite beautiful. Jessica hausners third feature follows a group of religious believers on a pilgrimage to lourdes, the iconic christian shrine famed for its apparent miraculous. She wakes up one morning seemingly cured by a miracle. I went on three or four pilgrimages to lourdes myself when i started thinking about setting the film there. Lourdes directed by jessica hausner drama not rated. Austrian director jessica hausner s lourdes first english language feature is a scifi horror about a genetically engineered plant designed to lift peoples moods. Lourdes by jessica hausner jessica hausner, sylvie testud. Jessica hausner shot her french movie lourdes, in 2011 the renowned french male director robert hossein presented his spectacle une femme nommee marie. 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.
The story finds a wheelchairbound sylvie testud, whose. Christine is a wheelchairusing woman with severe multiple sclerosis. 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. Young poet heinrich wishes to conquer the inevitability of death. 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. With its palette of hot poppy red and cool sky blue, its deft mining of the subliminal comic. 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. Viewed at the santa barbara international film festival, metro 4 theatre. Jessica hausner was born in 1972 in vienna, austria, where she studied directing.
Lourdes, jessica hausner, 99 mins, u the independent. Join facebook to connect with jessica lourdes and others you may know. Austrian director jessica hausner placidly tackles related moral paradoxes in lourdes, a deliberately paced examination of catholic mysticism with. 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. Austrian director jessica hausner, once a pupil of michael haneke and credited on, not very flatteringly, as script girl on funny games, takes he. Jessica hausner born 6 october 1972 is an austrian film director and screenwriter. The films credits suggest a considerable collaboration with the shrine, and scenes are shot in lourdes itself. This bluray disc will play on any standard bluray player. Austrian jessica hausner lovely rita, hotel, lourdes based her refined, solidly designed costume drama amour fou around the life and death of the german. 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. A sick girl regains mobility on a trip to lourdes, generating skepticism and envy. For jessica hausner, a shrine is a repository of mysteries. Lourdes new arthouse bluray disc jessica hausner ebay. 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.
Decide di recarsi a lourdes, il leggendario luogo di. 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. This is an organised visit led by members of the order of malta. Director jessica hausner amour fou, lovely rita, returns this month with a stylish englishlanguage debut about a geneticallymodified plant, little joe.
Jessica hausner was born in 1972 in vienna, austria, where. Although the story is a fiction it is based on testimonies of the visitors to lourdes, heavily researched by the author, jessica hausner. Its director, jessica hausner, an austrian working here in french, wants to explore the mysteries of life, not its certainties. 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. Feb 17, 2010 lourdes yify subtitles download, yts subtitles lourdes in any format. Rent jessica hausner movies and tv shows on dvd and bluray. A cool and firmly ambitious film from austrias jessica hausner, lourdes is an accomplished work which radiates intelligence. The phenomenal austrian director jessica hausner joins april to talk about m. Nov 12, 2014 in select uk cinemas from jan 16th the new film by jessica hausner lourdes in uk cinemas jan 16th. Lea seydoux, sylvie testud, bruno todeschini, irma. Lourdes was written and directed by jessica hausner, and received its world premiere at the 2009 venice international film festival. The young, sickly girl bernadette comes from a povertystricken family. Discover her venice golden lionnominated film from 2010 which follows a pack of religious believers on a pilgrimage to lourdes. Empty filmed in an austere, neardocumentary style, lourdes takes viewers deep inside one of the worlds most popular religious shrines.
The first sentence of the idea was a miracle that might not be a miracle after all. Lourdes subtitles 29 subtitles subtitles download movie. Lourdes the 2009 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Jessica hausner s fourth feature premiered at venice, where it. This article looks at two of these filmsjessica hausners lourdes 2009 and dietrich bruggemanns stations of the cross.
Lourdes austriafrancegermany 2009 the case for global film. Whats indisputable is the power of cinema in this slippery story of a disabled young womans pilgrimage. I claim no intellectual property for the content of this video. The artistic representation of lourdes by two contemporary directors. Christine has been confined to a wheelchair for most of her life. Jessica hausner was born on october 6, 1972 in vienna, austria. She is a writer and director, known for little joe 2019, lourdes 2009 and lovely rita 2001. Jun 17, 2010 great final scene from jessica hausner s lourdes. Jessica hausner on lourdes with time out film time out. 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. 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. 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. Je lai ressorti du tiroir cinq ans plus tard, je lai retravaille, mais le resultat netait toujours pas concluant.
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