Il Suffit D'Aimer (1960)
Directed by Robert Darene
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Hagiography, Psychological Drama |
Release Date - Jan 1, 1961 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 105 min. |
Countries - France |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Eleanor Mannikka
This 105-minute religious drama is based on the life of Saint Bernadette Soubirous, the woman who at the age of fourteen -- in February and March of 1858, had a total of eighteen visions of the Virgin Mary. Bernadette (played by Daniele Ajoret) was told to go to a specific grotto. She left with 300,000 people joining her in this pilgrimage and when at the grotto, the Virgin Mary appeared to tell her to dig by a large rock. She did as instructed, and a spring gushed forth that is still visited today by those seeking to be healed -- at Lourdes. Soubirous goes on to a life of contemplation but is plagued by sickness and succumbs at the age of thirty-five, a saintly legend in her own time.