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Hadewijch

  • 20092009
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 45m
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6.7/10
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Hadewijch (2009)
Hadewijch, a novice nun, shocks the mother superior of her convent with her ecstatic blind faith, and is kicked out of the order. Hadewijch becomes Celine again, a young Parisian girl and daughter of a diplomat, and is led down dangerous paths in the real world, balancing between grace and madness in her rage and passionate love for God.
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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 Y... Read allThe 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 fri... Read allThe 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. Ya... Read all
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    • Bruno Dumont
    • Bruno Dumont(scenario and dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Julie Sokolowski
    • Karl Sarafidis
    • Yassine Salime
    • Bruno Dumont
    • Bruno Dumont(scenario and dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Julie Sokolowski
    • Karl Sarafidis
    • Yassine Salime
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    • 11User reviews
    • 47Critic reviews
    • 83Metascore
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    Julie Sokolowski, Karl Sarafidis, and Yassine Salime in Hadewijch (2009)
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    Julie Sokolowski in Hadewijch (2009)
    Julie Sokolowski and Yassine Salime in Hadewijch (2009)
    Julie Sokolowski and Sabrina Lechêne in Hadewijch (2009)
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    Bruno Dumont in Hadewijch (2009)
    Julie Sokolowski in Hadewijch (2009)
    Julie Sokolowski in Hadewijch (2009)
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    Julie Sokolowski
    Julie Sokolowski
    • Céline vel Hadewijch
    Karl Sarafidis
    • Nassir Chikh
    Yassine Salime
    • Yassine Chikh
    David Dewaele
    David Dewaele
    • David
    Brigitte Mayeux-Clerget
    • La mère supérieure
    Michelle Ardenne
    • La prieure
    Sabrina Lechêne
    • La novice
    Marie Castelain
    • La mère de Céline
    Luc-François Bouyssonie
    • Le père de Céline
      • Bruno Dumont
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    • Trivia
      The French film magazine 'Cahiers du cinéma' included Hadewijch (2009) in their Top 10 list for 2009 as No.10.
    • Connections
      Featured in Conversation avec Bruno Dumont (2021)
    • Soundtracks
      L'art de la Fugue
      interpreted from La Mathilde

      composed by Johann Sebastian Bach

      performed by Elliot Simon, Guillaume Pera, Julien Jadczak, Olivier Boulanger & Yoan Bassinet

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    7/10
    There are no innocents in a democracy where people vote.
    Religious experience is not always neat. Unless you are a fundamentalist, you often travel many and diverse roads to find God. Celine (Julie Sokolowski), also known as Hadewijch, is in a convent at the beginning, but is kicked out for not following the rules. She is too intense for the other nuns.

    For reference, there really was a poet and mystic in the 13th Century with the name Hadewijch, and there is some similarity to Celine.

    After returning to Paris, she befriends Yassine (Yassine Salime), a Muslim terrorist. A Christian fanatic and Muslim fanatics; quite a combination. But, Yassine's brother Nassir (Karl Sarafidis) studies the Quaran, and I found it interesting that he is able to comfort Celine when she has troubles. Nassir seeks God, just as Celine does, but in a different way. He looks at God as a sword to fight injustice.

    A former philosophy teacher, Director Bruno Dumont does not lead us to a neat resolution of Celine's problems. His ending is cloaked in ambiguity. Does she move closer to God, or has she given up on salvation. He's not telling, and it is left up to you to decide. Good luck with that.
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    • Release date
      • December 24, 2010 (United States)
      • France
      • 3B Productions (France)
      • Official site (France)
      • French
      • Arabic
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      • Hôpital Notre-Dame à la Rose, Lessines, Hainaut, Belgium
    • Production companies
      • 3B Productions
      • Arte France Cinéma
      • C.R.R.A.V. Nord Pas de Calais
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    • 1 hour 45 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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