Heal the Living
Katell Quillévéré's superb third feature is a wrenching medical drama that blends dazzling formal polish with rawest emotion.
Heal the Living
Heal the Living follows three seemingly unrelated stories that carefully weave together: a French teenager and his friends on a surfing road trip that leads to tragedy; a woman in another town who learns that her weak heart is beginning to fail and action must be taken; and two teams of doctors and medical experts who struggle through their day-to-day attempts to save lives. Ultimately, it is an impassioned story of personal connections that philosophically, spiritually and literally plumbs the depths of the human heart.
Based on the novel Mend the Living by Maylis de Kerangal.
Based on the novel Mend the Living by Maylis de Kerangal.
Genre
Drama,
French Cinema,
Festival Favorite
Runtime
103
Language
French
Director
Katell Quillévéré
Writer(s)
Katell Quillévéré,
Gilles Taurand
Cast
Tahar Rahim,
Emmanuelle Seigner,
Anne Dorval,
Bouli Lanners,
Kool Shen,
Monia Chokri,
Alice Taglioni
Awards:
Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay, Cesar Awards
Nominee, Venice Horizons Award ~ Best Film, Venice Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Kent Turner, Film-Forward.com
In fact, 'Heal the Living' features the best acting showcase in this year’s program. The storyline is as straightforward as they come: The audience follows the case of an organ transplant, from the riveting opening sequence, in which a teenager is critically injured in a car crash, to a heart ...
Played at
Monica Film Center 4.14.17 - 4.20.17
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