Heal the Living

Heal the Living is a 2016 French and Belgian drama movie. It was presented in the Horizons section at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival[3]

Heal the Living
Directed byKatell Quillévéré
Produced byDavid Thion
Justin Taurand
Philippe Martin
Screenplay byKatell Quillévéré
Gilles Taurand
Based onRéparer les vivants (Mend the Living)
by Maylis de Kerangal
StarringTahar Rahim
Emmanuelle Seigner
Anne Dorval
Bouli Lanners
Kool Shen
Music byAlexandre Desplat
CinematographyTom Harari
Edited byThomas Marchand
Production
company
Les Films du Bélier
Les Films Pelléas
Distributed byMars Films (France)
Release date
  • 4 September 2016 (2016-09-04) (Venice)
  • 2 November 2016 (2016-11-02) (France)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryFrance
Belgium
LanguageFrench
Budget$6.5 million[1]
Box office$2.2 million[2]

Heal the Living was released in the United States. It was rated R by Motion Picture Association of America.[4]

Cast

The movie was rated near 91% by Rotten Tomatoes based on 54 reviews.[5] On the Metacritic, it has an 82/100 rating based on 12 critics, meaning "universal acclaim".[6]

Variety said the movie was "heart crushing".[7]

Awards

Award / Film Festival Category Recipients and nominees Result
César Awards Best Adaptation Katell Quillévéré and Gilles Taurand Nominated

References

  1. "Heal the Living". jpboxoffice.com.
  2. "Heal the Living". Box Office Mojo.
  3. European Films Invited to Leap across the Pond to Toronto. The Cineuropa. http://www.cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/314156. Retrieved August 19, 2018. 
  4. "Heal the Living". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  5. "Heal the Living". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  6. "Heal the Living". Metacritic. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  7. Heal the Living Film Review . Variety. Report.