Synopsis
The intersecting lives of teens on a surfing trip, a woman with a weak heart and two teams of doctors and medical experts.
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Cast
- Tahar RahimThomas Rémige
- Emmanuelle SeignerMarianne
- Anne DorvalClaire Méjean
- Bouli LannersDr. Pierre Révol
- Kool ShenVincent
- Monia ChokriJeanne
- Alice TaglioniAnne Guérande
- Karim LeklouVirgilio Breva
- Finnegan OldfieldMaxime
- Théo CholbiSam
Recommendations
- 100
Variety
It’s Quillévéré’s soaring visual and sonic acumen (with an assist from composer Alexandre Desplat, here in matchless form) that suffuses a potentially familiar hospital weeper with true grace. - 100
RogerEbert.com
Heal the Living is director Katell Quillévéré's third feature, and shows her humane vision of the interconnectedness of humans and the fragile miracle of life. The plot comes straight out of any hospital-based episodic, but it's Quillévéré's approach that is so unique, and ultimately, so powerful. - 100
Variety
It’s Quillévéré’s soaring visual and sonic acumen (with an assist from composer Alexandre Desplat, here in matchless form) that suffuses a potentially familiar hospital weeper with true grace. - 100
RogerEbert.com
Heal the Living is director Katell Quillévéré's third feature, and shows her humane vision of the interconnectedness of humans and the fragile miracle of life. The plot comes straight out of any hospital-based episodic, but it's Quillévéré's approach that is so unique, and ultimately, so powerful. - 90
Screen Daily
In what is only fitting for a story literally and figuratively embroidered around hearts, the film’s visual and emotional beats are perfectly in synch. - 90
Village Voice
At once sorrowful and optimistic, Heal the Living captures the terrifying fragility of life, even as it also recognizes the strength derived from the many connections — organic, emotional, and associative — that bind and define us. - 90
Los Angeles Times
Heal the Living reveals a gift for joining skillful visual filmmaking with moving, affecting storytelling, all in the service of a story that unfolds in surprising ways. - 90
Screen Daily
In what is only fitting for a story literally and figuratively embroidered around hearts, the film’s visual and emotional beats are perfectly in synch.
