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The Prayer

The Prayer

2DCS/ES15
Director:Cédric Kahn
Cast:Anthony Bajon, Damien Chapelle, Alex Brendemühl, Louise Grinberg
Premiere:18. April 2019
Length:107 minutes
Genre:Drama

Director: Cédric Kahn  •  Scenario: Fanny Burdino, Samuel Doux, Cédric Kahn, Aude Walker  •  Cast: Anthony Bajon, Damien Chapelle, Alex Brendemühl, Louise Grinberg, Hanna Schygulla

Thomas, a 22-year-old heroin addict, joins an isolated community at a Catholic rehab centre in the French Alps with the aim to try to kick his habit. The film chronicles his difficult path to recovery through a mix of prayer and hard labour, the short-tempered adolescent’s transformation into an independent, spiritual being. Its greatest fortes are unpretentious, precise direction, the courage to render the story in painful detail and a brilliant cast. Kahn’s feature is a humble character study, a formally pure, quiet celebration of human compassion and determination – a discreet, yet piercing and unsentimental account of faith, redemption, addiction, and the tough choice one is compelled to make between love of humans and God.

Length: 107 min

Year: 2017
Local premiere date: 18. April 2019

Country of origin:

  • France

Director: Cédric Kahn  •  Scenario: Fanny Burdino, Samuel Doux, Cédric Kahn, Aude Walker  •  Cast: Anthony Bajon, Damien Chapelle, Alex Brendemühl, Louise Grinberg, Hanna Schygulla

Thomas, a 22-year-old heroin addict, joins an isolated community at a Catholic rehab centre in the French Alps with the aim to try to kick his habit. The film chronicles his difficult path to recovery through a mix of prayer and hard labour, the short-tempered adolescent’s transformation into an independent, spiritual being. Its greatest fortes are unpretentious, precise direction, the courage to render the story in painful detail and a brilliant cast. Kahn’s feature is a humble character study, a formally pure, quiet celebration of human compassion and determination – a discreet, yet piercing and unsentimental account of faith, redemption, addiction, and the tough choice one is compelled to make between love of humans and God.

Year: 2017
Local premiere date: 18. April 2019

Country of origin:

  • France