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The True Story of Saint Bernadette

This modest, unpretentious French film is a streamlined version of the true story previously cinematized as The Song of Bernadette (1943). Daniele Ajort plays the simple 19th-century French peasant girl who insists that she has experienced a vision of the Virgin Mary. Once this sighting becomes common knowledge, Bernadette's very existence becomes a religious and political hot potato. Thousands of people flock to the grotto at Lourdes where Bernadette claims she has seen the Holy Mother, believing that the waters therein contain recuperative powers. Bernadette dies under a cloud of controversy, but is ultimately elevated to sainthood by the Vatican.

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Il suffit d'aimer Cast

Name Character
Jean-Jacques Delbo He was 51, 87 years old when he died as Le commissaire Jacomet
Bernard La Jarrige as François Soubirous
Nadine Alari She was 33, 89 years old when she died as Mère Marie-Thérèse
Madeleine Sologne She was 49, 83 years old when she died as Madame Soubirous
Danièle Ajoret She was 22, now 86 years old as Bernadette Soubirous
Henri Nassiet He was 66, 82 years old when he died as Le curé Peyramale
Renaud Mary He was 42, 58 years old when he died as Monseigneur Forcade

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The True Story of Saint Bernadette

  • Release day: Sunday, January 01, 1961
  • Runtime: 102 minutes