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Hadewijch (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Toronto International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
105 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Bruno Dumont

Written By:
Bruno Dumont

Actors:
Julie Sokolowski ..... Céline vel Hadewijch
Yassine Salime ..... Yassine Chikh
Karl Sarafidis ..... Nassir Chikh
David Dewaele ..... David
Brigitte Mayeux-Clerget ..... La mère supérieure
Michelle Ardenne ..... La prieure
Sabrina Lechêne ..... La novice
Marie Castelain ..... La mère de Céline
Luc-François Bouyssonie ..... Le père de Céline

Synopsis:

Céline, a theology student, takes the name of Hadewijch, a 13th century mystic from Brabant, as her name for her novitiate. But shocked by the blind, ecstatic faith of Hadewijch, the mother superior tells her she must leave the convent and find her vocation in the world. Hadewijch once again becomes Céline, 20, the daughter of a French minister. She meets Yassine, a North African from the banlieues, who introduces her to his brother Nassir, a committed Muslim and religious instructor. Her passionate love of God and her despair at God's invisibility, her rage, and her desire for self-sacrifice lead her, between grace and madness, off along dangerous paths.

Hadewijch (Julie Sokolowski), a young novice Sister, is a fanatic Christian making herself suffer by fasting and standing in the winter rain. The Mother Superior (Brigitte Mayeux-Clergot) expels her deeming her blind faith dangerous. She becomes Céline again, daughter of a parisian diplomat. She meets a young man named Yassine (played by Yassine Salim), but tells him that she cannot fall in love with him because she is in love with Jesus; she is still a virgin and planning to stay that way. He introduces her to his brother Nassir (Karl Sarafidis), a radical Muslim who convinces her to participate in a terrorist attack in the Paris metro. Afterwards she tries to commit suicide by drowning in a pond but she is rescued by a young ex-convict.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 09 July, 2012.

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