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In this episode, I talk about Jessica Hausner’s 2009 film, “Lourdes.” It tells the story of Christine, a young woman in a wheelchair who goes to the famous Catholic holy site of Lourdes in France where she and other pilgrims hope for healing and possibly a miraculous cure. I talk about loneliness, disability, and my own struggle with religion.

Full show notes:

• Under the Sand
• Family Life
• 45 Years
• My episode on Jonathan Glazer’s Birth
• More about the streaming site, Mubi
• My episode on Barbara Loden’s Wanda
• PBS documentary Sacred Journeys: Lourdes
• My episode on The Passion of Joan of Arc
• The Innocents by Anne Fontaine
• Jessica Hausner’s Amour Fou
• My episode on The Diving Bell and Butterfly and Locked-in Syndrome
• More about Jean-Dominique Bauby
• My episode on Scarred Hearts
• More about Max Blecher
• My episode on I, Daniel Blake
• Jessica Hausner’s interviews with Timeout London and Austrianfilms.com

 

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