Cine Club at Half Moon Theatre presents
LOURDES - a film by Jesssica Hausner
LOURDES
A Film by Jessica Hausner
Half Moon Theatre
Thursday 2 December at 8:30pm
The Cork Cine Club presents the eighth in the ten-week season of quality independent films in the Half Moon Theatre. Lourdes is an accomplished work which radiates intelligence.
Opening slowly and formally as waitresses set the canteen tables to the strains of a distant Ave Maria, Lourdes shows the pilgrims slowly entering the room to eat, some on wheelchairs, accompanied by officers and volunteers of the Order of Malta. (Around 1.5 million people visit the Marian shrine every year, many disabled, nearly all looking for a miracle).
But wheelchair-bound Christine (Testud), a rigid MS sufferer, is here "because it's the only way I get out," she confesses to young volunteer Maria (Lea Seydoux). Hausner tackles a heavy subject in a delicate manner, and there's a comic vein running through Lourdes which is rewarding, adding greatly to the overall experience. Ultimately, the obvious questions - what is a miracle? Why him and not me? - are tackled unexpectedly with all Hausner's characters performing an intricate dance.
Lourdes is in French with English subtitles, 96 minutes, and is rated G. It stars Sylvie Testud, Lea Seydoux, Bruno Todeschini, Elina Lowensohn, Gerhard Liebmann,
Cork Cine Club is a membership scheme operated in conjunction with the Arts Council funded access>CINEMA, the resource organisation which supports regional cultural cinema in over 70 venues around Ireland.
The other upcoming films are Samson and Delilah, Australia 2009 (9 Dec);Micmacs, France 2009 (16 Dec).
Detailed information can be found on www.halfmoontheatre.ie
Cork Cine Club presents
Lourdes - a film by Jesssica Hausner
Venue: Half Moon Theatre
Date: Thursday 2 December
Time: 8:30pm
Tickets: €10 per film; €45 for 5 films
Book online at www.corkoperahouse.ie or by phone on 021-4270022.
Cine Club tickets are exempt from booking fees.
For detailed information on all films see www.corkoperahouse.ie
Published on: 26 November, 2010
