Christine has been confined to a wheelchair for most of her life. To banish loneliness, she goes to Lourdes, a famous pilgrimage center in the Pyrenees. One morning she wakes up seemingly miraculously healed. The leader of the pilgrimage group, a seductive forty-year-old volunteer who belongs to the order of the Knights of Malta, is...
Christine has been confined to a wheelchair for most of her life. To banish loneliness, she goes to Lourdes, a famous pilgrimage center in the Pyrenees. One morning she wakes up seemingly miraculously healed. The leader of the pilgrimage group, a seductive forty-year-old volunteer who belongs to the order of the Knights of Malta, takes an interest in her. As Christine clings to her new chance at a happy life, her recovery provokes envy and admiration. The witty film about a miracle is the winner of several film awards, including three awards at the Venice Film Festival in 2009.
