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Hadewijch

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- 67/100 based on 2,080 votes
  • Released: 2009
  • Runtime: 105 mins
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  • Studio: ARTE France Cinéma
  • Genres: Drama

The aspirant nun Céline van Hadewijch is invited to leave the convent where she studies and she returns to the house of her parents in Paris. Céline meets her outcast Muslim teenage friend Yassine Chikh in a café and they hang around together. Céline tells that he is only her friend since she is committed with God and will stay virgin since her body belongs to God. Yassine introduces Céline to his older brother and religious leader Nassir Chikh and he invites the teenage... (Full plot summary below)

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The aspirant nun Céline van Hadewijch is invited to leave the convent where she studies and she returns to the house of her parents in Paris. Céline meets her outcast Muslim teenage friend Yassine Chikh in a café and they hang around together. Céline tells that he is only her friend since she is committed with God and will stay virgin since her body belongs to God. Yassine introduces Céline to his older brother and religious leader Nassir Chikh and he invites the teenage girl to participate in his religious seminars. However, Nassir is actually a terrorist and the confused Céline is the perfect tool for his cell.

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San Francisco Chronicle - 10/10 by Mick LaSalleDumont makes movies that almost nobody wants to see. That doesn't make him a great filmmaker, but he's a great filmmaker all the same.
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Total Film - 8/10 by Tom DawsonThe opaque Sokolowski is a real discovery, and this mysterious film builds to its climactic act of salvation...
ViewLondon - 8/10 by Matthew TurnerHadewijch is a thoughtful piece of raw, austere filmmaking, catering specifically for those interested in serious and adventurous cinema.
Guardian - 8/10 by Peter BradshawDumont has an unique ability to create enigmatic, contemporary parables that get under your skin.
Boxoffice Magazine - 8/10 by Barbara GoslawskiAs in "L'Humanité" and "Twentynine Palms," the director presents a cogent study of emotional excess with a sure handed control that harkens back to Robert Bresson.
Spirituality and Practice - 8/10 by Frederic and Mary Ann BrussatAn austere and powerful French film about the dangers of religious zealotry and the mysteries of divine grace.
Globe and Mail - 8/10 by Liam LaceyIn the tradition of Carl Dreyer, Robert Bresson and Ingmar Bergman, Hadewijch is about the dilemma of modern spirituality.
Film Journal International - 8/10 by David NohFrom would-be nun to fundamentalist accomplice is the unlikely but nonetheless absorbing premise of this stately spiritual study.
Patrick Nabarro - 8/10 by PJ NabarroBruno Dumont has crafted a compelling modern day fable about a self-possessed young woman who finds the unlikeliest of outlets in her quest for divinity.

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