Hadewijch (film)
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Hadewijch is a 2009 French film directed by Bruno Dumont
. It won the International Film Critics' award at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival
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He introduces her to his brother Nassir (Karl Sarafidis
), a radical Muslim who convinces her to participate in a terrorist attack in the Paris metro. Afterwards she tries to commit suicide by drowning in a pond but she is rescued by a young ex-convict.
Bruno Dumont
Bruno Dumont is a French film director. To date, he has directed five feature films, all of which border somewhere between realistic drama and the avant-garde. His films have won several awards at the Cannes Film Festival. Two of Dumont's films have won the Grand Prix award: both L'Humanité and...
. It won the International Film Critics' award at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival
2009 Toronto International Film Festival
The 34th annual Toronto International Film Festival, was held held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 10 and September 19, 2009. The opening night gala presented the Charles Darwin biography Creation...
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Plot
Hadewijch (Julie Sokolowski), a young novice Sister, is a fanatic Christian making herself suffer by fasting and standing in the winter rain. The Mother Superior (Brigitte Mayeux-Clergot) expels her deeming her blind faith dangerous. She becomes Céline again, daughter of a parisian diplomat. She meets a young man named Yassine (played by Yassine Salim), but tells him that she cannot fall in love with him because she is in love with Jesus; she is still a virgin and planning to stay that way.He introduces her to his brother Nassir (Karl Sarafidis
Karl Sarafidis
Karl Sarafidis is a French actor born in Beirut in 1979, doctor of philosophy, former teacher at Paris-Est University .- Filmography :* 2009 : Hadewijch by Bruno Dumont, Nassir.* 2011 : Beirut Hotel by Danielle Arbid, Rabih....
), a radical Muslim who convinces her to participate in a terrorist attack in the Paris metro. Afterwards she tries to commit suicide by drowning in a pond but she is rescued by a young ex-convict.
Cast
- Julie Sokolowski as Soeur Hadewijch/Céline
- Karl SarafidisKarl SarafidisKarl Sarafidis is a French actor born in Beirut in 1979, doctor of philosophy, former teacher at Paris-Est University .- Filmography :* 2009 : Hadewijch by Bruno Dumont, Nassir.* 2011 : Beirut Hotel by Danielle Arbid, Rabih....
as Nassir - Yassine Salim as Yassine
- Brigitte Mayeux-Clergot as Mother Superior
- Luc-François Bouyssonie as Céline's father
- Marie Castelaine as Céline's mother