This movie chronicles Bernadette’s life in the convent, from when she entered at age 22 until she died of TB at age 35. It shows a much more human and, to me anyway, appealing side of Bernadette than the Song of Bernadette did for this period.
My impression of the latter (which admittedly I haven’t seen in years) was that she was just oh so holy and her Mother Superior was a big meany pants. In this, we see a young woman with a charming sense of self-deprecating humor who disliked the notoriety the apparitions brought and was grateful that the Mother Superior wouldn’t let anyone make a big thing of her.
I preferred watching it in French with subtitles, because the actors’ vocal performances were far better than the dubbers’. This movie is a sequel, but I have not yet seen the first one. (It seems to be in greater demand at Netflix.) I’m looking forward to seeing it. The same actress, who did a wonderful job here, plays Bernadette in the first one as well.
Bernadette was canonized by the Roman Catholic Church in 1933. Her body has never decayed.
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Whenever I see a bumper sticker (usually on a lib-mobile) that says: “Well-behaved women rarely make history,” I think of how women saints vastly outnumber men, and how many of them advised popes (AnaMaria of Rome) and heads of state or were famous doctors (Gianna Molla). Then I think of how long people will remember Miley Cyrus and Lindsay Lohan or even Evita Peron (now known as slut-turned-corrupt-Argentine President who presided over the collapse of one of the most promising countries in the New World). How does that work again?
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I feel like I really bonded with Bernadette watching this movie. As much as I love all the wonderful miracles at Lourdes, the saint herself didn’t appeal to me as a role model or potential friend in Heaven. But her time in the convent, as depicted here, was so much like my life that I feel like I’ve met a soul mate.
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^ That there is the best recommendation . . .
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