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Heal the Living

Réparer les vivants

2016

Katell Quillévéré

Emmanuelle Seigner, Tahar Rahim, Anne Dorval, Alice Taglioni ...

5.8

553

Drama It all starts at daybreak, three young surfers on the raging seas. A few hours later, on the way home, an accident occurs. Now entirely hooked up to life-support in a hospital in Le Havre, Simon’s existence is little more than an illusion. Meanwhile, in Paris, a woman awaits the organ transplant that will give her a new lease on life.

	Media	Author	Review
		Guy Lodge Variety	"Katell Quillévéré's superb third feature is a wrenching medical drama that blends dazzling formal polish with rawest emotion."
		Derek Smith Slant	"Katell Quillévéré's film allows the sorrows of losing a life and the joys of saving it to remain congruent (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Boyd van Hoeij The Hollywood Reporter	"An impressive step up for Quillevere. With a uniformly excellent cast chock-full of Francophone name actors"
		Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"'Heal the Living' is content to skate on the surface, leaving as little lasting impression on our minds as Simon’s surfboard on the deep blue ocean."
		Sheila O'Malley rogerebert.com	"'Heal the Living' is director Katell Quillévéré's third feature, and shows her humane vision of the interconnectedness of humans and the fragile miracle of life (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		Nick Schager Village Voice	"[A] mesmeric melodrama (...) immeasurably enhanced by the piercing, poetic direction of Katell Quillévéré"
		Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"A heartfelt, surprising story that resonates with life"
		Lisa Nesselson Screendaily	"An emotionally satisfying, cinematically deft look at interwoven fates (...) An involving, tentacular tale that makes the nitty gritty of organ donation seem as natural a focus for a movie as a batch of crusading superheroes."

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