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The Passion of Bernadette (1990)
Directed by Jean Delannoy
Overview
French filmmaker Jean Delannoy directs this inspiring sequel to his biopic about Marie-Bernarde Soubirous (portrayed by Sydney Penny), a young shepherdess who claimed to have seen numerous apparitions of the Lady in White at Lourdes in 1858. Chronicling Bernadette’s years with the Sisters of Charity of Nevers convent, the film traces her life from age 22 until her untimely death from tuberculosis at age 35.
Length 106 minutes
Actors
Sydney Penny | Emmanuelle Riva | Catherine de Seynes | Malka Ribowska | Georges Wilson | Michèle André | Maurice Jacquemont | Roland Lesaffre | Michel Ruhl | Michèle Simonnet | Maurice Vaudaux | Dorothée Jemma | Céline Bellanger | Jean-Marie Bernicat | Bernard Brieux | Tania Busselier | Laurent Claret | Delphine Crubezy | Etienne Draber | Rosine Favey | Joëlle Fossier | Claude Pascadel | Catherine Rethi | Philippe Rondest | Eva Saint-Paul | Jeanne Allard | Arlette Balkis | Isabelle Barbaud | Magali Barney | Liliane Bertrand | Xavier Bouvier | Sophie Caffarel | Marie Cosnay | Léa Gabriele | Ophélie Gelber | Amélie Gonin | Aline Heudeline | Séverine Magois | Anne Roumanoff | Florence Rougé