Finnkino Prize 2010 / Director: Jessica Hausner
Lourdes
Perhaps the most distinctive aspect of Lourdes is its tone, unusually fair-minded despite its provocative subject matter. The shrine is big business, a way to institutionalize miracles, and Hausner captures its crass, vulgar aspects with a pitiless eye. But it also is a place of inexplicable occurrences, and the film finds a way to show the hunger for faith with tolerance and doubt. The miracles in "Lourdes" cause more problems than they cure, a point of view that is simultaneously hard-edged and generous. Hausner's film is about as far away from mainstream escapism as you could imagine. It also is satisfying in ways that fiction rarely achieves.
Daniel Eagan, The Hollywood Reporter
Austria (2009)
Duration: 96 min
Dialogue: English, French, German, Italian
Subtitles: English
Age limit: K15
Duration: 96 min
Dialogue: English, French, German, Italian
Subtitles: English
Age limit: K15
