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I Always Wanted to Be a Saint ()

J'ai toujours voulu être une sainte (original title)
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"There's a balance in the world. It's like a boomerang. If I do good around me, nothing bad will ever happen to me. When I do good around me, it always comes back to me" Norah. Abandoned in the early months of her life by her mother,... See more »

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Norah
Thierry Lefevre ...
Jean-Michel
Jeannine Godinas ...
Marthe
Raphaëlle Blancherie ...
Françoise
Francisco Pestana ...
L'avocat
Barbara Roland ...
Elsa
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La grand-mère portugaise
Julien Collard ...
Jérémie
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Camie Boel
Agathe Cornez
Laurence De Greef
Janine Horsburgh ...
Prof d'anglais
Dagmar Jans ...
Nico Marcuse
Stasia Kremer
Bruno Mullenaert
Marie Nypels
Alexandra Sedas
Gilles Soeder

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Geneviève Mersch

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Philippe Blasband ... (writer)
 
Geneviève Mersch ... (writer)

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Patrick Quinet ... co-producer
Claude Waringo ... producer

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Séverine Barde

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Ewin Ryckaert

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Jean-Luc Simon ... first assistant editor

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Gerda Diddens
Valérie Schiel
Patrícia Vasconcelos

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André Fonsny

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Anne Fournier

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Fabienne Adam ... assistant makeup artist
Katja Reinert-Alexis ... hair stylist (as Katia Alexis)
Ghislaine Soisson ... makeup artist

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Brigitte Kerger-Santos ... production supervisor

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Arnout André de la Porte ... assistant director
Laura Schroeder ... third assistant director

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Nicolas Vrancken ... set dresser

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Benoît Biral ... re-recording mixer
Fred Demolder ... sound effects editor
Philippe Kohn ... boom operator
Valène Leroy ... dialogue editor
Jo Masset ... post-synchronisation
Carlo Thoss ... sound recordist
Philippe van Leer ... foley artist

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Frédéric Vallet ... assistant stunt coordinator

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Blaise Bauquis ... grip
Dominique Degand ... key grip
Olivier Dirksen ... gaffer
Jean-Paul Kieffer ... still photographer
Olivier Merckx ... steadicam operator
Gunther Schockaert ... electrician
Didier Versolatto ... electrician

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Sabine Zappitelli ... costume assistant

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Ambroise Gayet ... location scout / location trainee
Philip James Morgan ... additional location manager
Stephane Wasila ... location manager

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Catherine Grossen ... assistant script supervisor
Véronique Heuchenne ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Christophe Vincent ... driver

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Lelia Di Luca ... assistant to producer

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Plot Summary

"There's a balance in the world. It's like a boomerang. If I do good around me, nothing bad will ever happen to me. When I do good around me, it always comes back to me" Norah. Abandoned in the early months of her life by her mother, Norah, aged 17, lives alone with her father. Norah blames herself for all the world's misfortunes and, particularly, about the death of a rally pilot, Nico Marcuse, whom she saw the accident on TV. Animated by a deep feeling of guilt, Norah nourishes, since then, a privileged relationship with Nico Marcuse and implies herself in humanitarian aid. Norah's perfectly organized life is turned upside-down the day she meets her maternal grandmother of whom she ignored the existence. Straight arrived from Portugal, she gives her granddaughter a little inheritance and her mother's address in Switzerland. From mistakes to clumsiness, from confrontations to disappointments, Norah's life becomes a real nightmare. She then understands she has no choice left: she must face her past. In the Swiss mountains, once for all, Norah settles the score with her mother, with Nico Marcuse and with herself.

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Also Known As
  • I Always Wanted to Be a Saint (United States)
  • Ich wollte immer eine Heilige sein (Germany)
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  • 90 min
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Trivia Official submission of Luxembourgfor the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 76th Academy Awards in 2004. See more »

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