Bernadette
1988 · Movie · 119 min. · Switzerland
In 1857, an unemployed miller moves his family into grim lodgings; his wife takes in laundry. In February of 1858, at the Massabielle grotto, their 14-year old asthmatic, illiterate daughter, Bernadette, sees a light she later distinguishes as a beautiful young woman. The girl converses with the woman over the next few months. Crowds follow her and people are cured by the waters from a spring Bernadette has cleared. Secular authorities are threatened by the popular gatherings and subject the girl to police inquiry and medical review. The local monsignor is also skeptical, then becomes Bernadette's champion. She maintains her forthright simplicity and untutored wisdom throughout.
Direction Jean Delannoy
Cast Sydney Penny · Jean-Marc Bory · Jean-Marie Bernicat · Philippe Brigaud · Claude Buchwald · Bernard Cazassus · Alain Christie · François Dalou · Frank David · Roland Lesaffre · Michèle Simonnet · Jean Dhabi · Bernard Dheran · Arlette Didier · Michel Duchaussoy · André Dumas · Jean-Michel Farcy · Stéphane Garcin · Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus · Véronique Guillaud · Lena Grinda · Sylvie Herbert · Idriss · Philippe Jacob · Maurice Jaquemont · Bérangère Jean · Elisabeth Kaza · Max McCarthy · Vicky Messica · Anne Messon-Poliakoff · Blandine Métayer · Brigitte Moati · Claude Pascadel · Marcel Philippot · Henri Poirier · Catherine Rethi · Philippe Rondest · Albert Simono · Van Doude · Lucy Airs · Michèle Amiel · Marie-Brigitte Andrei · Denise Bailly · Nicole Berges · Liliane Bertrand · Jean Champion · François Chanterie · Sylvaine Charlet · Pierre Descazes · Guy Dhers · Elisabeth Esposito · Christina Fabiani · Alain Flick · David Gabison · Maryse Gallice · Amélie Gonin · Louba Guertchikoff · Luc Jamati · Vincent Lorieux · Vincent Luczak · Claude Lulé · Jean-Antoine Mayayo · Claude Merline
Soundtrack Francis Lai
Screenplay Robert Arnaut · Jean Delannoy
Cinematography Jean Penzer
Original title Bernadette
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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