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.
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Original artwork by Dhiyanah Hassan
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