Lourdes June 21, 2010

Lourdes
Blockbuster
Film
Monday, June 21st 2010, 7:00 p.m.
Goethe-Institut Los Angeles, 5750 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 100, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Tickets: $5.00 (Free for FOG) / $20.00 Blockbuster Pass
Austria/Germany/France, 2008/2009, Dir. Jessica Hausner, 99min, French with English subtitles, digital proj.
Wheelchair-bound Christine makes a pilgrimage to Lourdes and experiences a sudden recovery.
How would we honestly react if we witnessed a miracle?
That’s the question on Austrian writer-director Hausner’s lips as she casts a deeply ironic eye over the ties between commercialism and spiritual healing in this brilliant francophone movie.

Official Website: http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/los/ver/en6046903v.htm