Bernadette of Lourdes

Bernadette of Lourdes (1961)

Drama

This modest, unpretentious French film is a streamlined version of the true story previously cinematized as The Song of Bernadette (1943). Daniele Ajort plays the simple 19th-century French peasant girl who insists that she has experienced a vision of the Virgin Mary. Once this sighting becomes common knowledge, Bernadette's very existence becomes a religious and political hot potato. Thousands of people flock to the grotto at Lourdes where Bernadette claims she has seen the Holy Mother, believing that the waters therein contain recuperative powers. Bernadette dies under a cloud of controversy, but is ultimately elevated to sainthood by the Vatican.

Director: Robert Darène

Casts

	Danièle Ajoret as Bernadette Soubirous
	Bernard Lajarrige as François Soubirous
	Madeleine Sologne as Madame Soubirous
	Henri Nassiet as Le curé Peyramale
	Jean-Jacques Delbo as Le commissaire Jacomet
	Renaud Mary as Monseigneur Forcade
	Nadine Alari as Mère Marie-Thérèse

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